Before you begin

Note: We strongly recommend that you run a test backup/restoration outside of your production environment.

Important things to take note of, of your current configuration:

• Are the Access Server, Postgres and the Gateway and File Repository all on one machine?
• Note the DNS, the IP and port of the Access server.
• Note the DNS, the IP and port of the Gateway server.
• Note the Address and Port of the File Reposiory.
• Note the location of the File Store.
• Note the PostgreSQL version number of your current server.

  The easiest way to do this is to look at the folder name inside the main PostgreSQL folder (by default. C:\Program Files (x86)\Acronis\Access\Common\PostgreSQL), the inside folder's name is the PostgreSQL major version number (e.g. 9.2; 9.3; 9.4).

Much of this information can be found in the Configuration Utility.

Basic outline of the migration process:

Make sure that you are prepared to do all of these steps before you begin the migration.

1. Change the DNS entries to point to the new server machine.
2. Backup your current database files and certificates.
3. Move the database files and certificates to the new machine.
4. Migrate the File Store.
5. Install Acronis Access Advanced Server on the new machine.
6. Move certificates to the new machine.
7. Put database files into new Access Server installation.
8. Use Configuration Utility to start up new Access Server.
9. Confirm Gateway address is correct.
10. Test your new configuration.