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Enterprise Console Migration

RBGE

Hi all,

I've finally decided to bite the bullet and migrate Enterprise Console from an ancient Windows 2003 (32-bit) server to a slightly more up-to-date Windows 2008 R2 (64-bit) server, but am encountering a problem in this process.  The console is version 5.2.1 R2, and I'm following the migration guide linked to from http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/28276.aspx ( link leads to this document http://www.sophos.com/en-us/medialibrary/PDFs/documentation/sec_52_mgeng.pdf ).  The problem I'm encountering happens at point 4 of section 8 (on page 14) when attempting to restore the database to the new server.  The errors returned are in the attached text file, and contain an alarming amount of red text :smileyindifferent:

I notice it mentions the previous databases from 5.2.1 and before, which I'm not too concerned about as I just haven't removed them yet after the version upgrade, but it's not looking too promising for 5.2.1 R2 either.  Does anyone have any idea what I could be missing here?  I suspect it's something really simple which I've missed.

Many thanks for any help!

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    Hi QC,

    Thanks for your reply.  I did indeed run the installer again, although as of this morning I've now decided to bin the Windows Server 2008R2 installation and start from scratch (again!) with a Server 2012R2 instance.  The theory being that since this migration process is such a nightmare, this should at least delay me having to go through it again for an extra 4 years.  Maybe in this time a proper migration tool will have been developed :smileyfrustrated:

    I also found a post from TheKiwiGeek ( /search?q= 54667 ) pointing out that the official instructions just do not work if you've ever upgraded the product, even if you use default installation options.

    I'll see if this method has any better results and update this post after.

    Thanks.

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    Hi QC,

    Thanks for your reply.  I did indeed run the installer again, although as of this morning I've now decided to bin the Windows Server 2008R2 installation and start from scratch (again!) with a Server 2012R2 instance.  The theory being that since this migration process is such a nightmare, this should at least delay me having to go through it again for an extra 4 years.  Maybe in this time a proper migration tool will have been developed :smileyfrustrated:

    I also found a post from TheKiwiGeek ( /search?q= 54667 ) pointing out that the official instructions just do not work if you've ever upgraded the product, even if you use default installation options.

    I'll see if this method has any better results and update this post after.

    Thanks.

    :54878
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