Migration

Nikita — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 07:59:00 GMT

Hi Team,

I am working as a Qlik Sense developer ,currently Qlik Sense is running on AWS(Amazon web services) and now we planning to migrate it MS Azure.

Here is my Question as a Qlik Sense developer :

What are the pre and post migration steps I need to take care in my migration plan?

Could you please help me on this.

Thanks

Nikita

Re: Migration

s_kabir_rab — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 20:53:04 GMT

There are few things to consider when migrating.

Shared persistence file share
Repository Database
SSL certificate

Few things you can do make this migration process bit smooth -

Backup your shared folder (this is where all the extensions/apps/archived logs etc resides).
Backup the repository database
Backup any other local folders you are using as data source
Backup SSL cert.

To restore this in Azure:

Create a VM. If possible try to retain the same server name as AWS. If not, you can use the repository util tool that comes with Qlik Sense enterprise to change the value post installation/restoration process. install Qlik Sense as you would do normally. Once installed, start restoring the backup you have made from the old environment (file share/repository db etc). Keep in mind the paths for these items.

Once restoration has completed you can run the following utility tool to deal with server name changes or location changes of the shared file etc -

%ProgramFiles%\Qlik\Sense\Repository\Util\QlikSenseUtil\QlikSenseUtil.exe

Now all of these are some indicative items you need to do for a single node Windows environment. I have made some assumptions that you are on single node and on Shared persistence set up.

I have wrote a blog on backup and restoration of some of these elements. This might help you speed things up.

https://kabonline.net/2018/05/30/qlik-sense-enterprise-backup-automation-via-powershell/

There's also the official guide on backing up and restoring the site (including SSL backup process)

https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/June2019/Subsystems/PlanningQlikSenseDeployments/Content/Sense_Deployment/Backup-and-restore.htm

Hope this helps.

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