Nicola, there reason some of the steps are vague is that every implementation is just a little different etc., so it is all but impossible to cover every single scenario when writing things to try to help. This is where we expect your experience and knowledge to kick in and guide you in determining how to do things for each specific instance...
That being said, regarding the CALs, the key there is the CalData.pgo file, that needs to be copied from the existing server to the new server, and you need to remember there are two copies of it, one in the QVS Root Folder path as configured in the QMC QVS resource settings on the Folders tab, and the other in C:\ProgramData\QlikTech\QlikViewServer. You need to be sure a copy is placed in both locations in order for things to work.
I just wanted to make a point regarding Server 2019 too, the only track that supports that OS is 12.40 and later, just FYI, the earlier tracks only go to Server 2016, so be careful there.
Regarding Tasks, those are stored in the QVPR folder of the Management Service/QMS, so you need to grab the QVPR from the existing environment and bring that over to the new environment as well, but there are some tricks to getting things working correctly, the main one being ensuring you have same folder paths etc. for things in place and changing all the service URLs to point to the new server(s) where those exist. I have done at least one if not two Techspert Thursday presentations along these lines, just FYI, where I tried to walk folks through things. The key here is to make use of the XMLDBViewer power tool, makes things much easier to find what you need to update and you can do the find/replace with the tool too.
As far as renaming things goes, that should be possible, but you will need to go through the QVPR again when you do that prior to bringing the services back online to repoint everything back to the original server name... Hopefully this makes sense. I can safely say this is all possible, as I have done it many many times at this point, but if you are not very confident with the QVPR files and underlying QlikView infrastructure, it is likely going to be a challenge... I have been doing things for 15 years, so quite easy for me at this point. If you have further questions, shout back, and I will reply as quickly as I can.
Regards,
Brett
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