We are planning to Migrate ArcGIS Enterprise to new machines using WebGIS DR tool. Currently our deployment looks like:
1. Portal for ArcGIS 10.6.1, Datastore for ArcGIS and Web Adaptor are installed in one VM (Linux)
2. ArcGIS Server 10.6.1 (hosting server) is installed in another VM (linux).
We got new servers for Enterprise deployment, and wanted to update 10.8.1 and migrate to the new machines emulating the same scenario as our old deployment. I am planning to use the WebGIS DR tool and the option 2 described in this blog :
If you are able to redirect traffic away from your production environment for a short amount of time, configure the component that is directing traffic to your production environment to send traffic to your non-production environment. This may mean you need to re-register the web adaptor with the new machines or update your reverse proxy or load balancer to send traffic to the new machines within the non-production environment. This only needs to be done when you are ready to federate Portal and Server and set the server as the hosting server. After you federate and set the hosting server, you can send traffic back to the production environment. An outline of these steps would be:
I can install web adaptor in the new machine, configure our servers with web adaptor and can redirect our reverse proxy to resolve to the new machines.
My questions are:
1. should I run the Restore backup on the new machine with the DR tool after step 7 (Redirect traffic back to the production environment) or before.
2. what does the Account credentials for the ...webgisdr.properties file mean? In lnux based deployment does it mean the user and the password where the new machines are installed should be identical to the old account?
Item or setting | 10.4.x |
| 0.6.1, 10.7.x, 10.8 |
Public portal URLs | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Services URL for federated servers | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Registered data stores other than ArcGIS Data Store | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Account credentials for the ...webgisdr.properties file | Yes | Yes | Yes |
ArcGIS Server directory paths (for example, arcgisjobs) | Yes | Yes | No |
Security information (LDAP URLs, proxy information) | Yes | Yes | No |
Deployment type (single machine or highly available) | Yes | No | No |
Private portal URL | Yes | No | No |
Admin URL for federated servers | Yes | No | No |
Machine names | Yes | No | No |
Portal content directory | No | No | No |
ArcGIS Server configuration store | No | No | No |
Thanks in advance and I appreciate for any insight or help.
Mehretab
Thanks in advance and I appreciate for any insight or help.
Mehretab
Thanks ReeseFacendini.
I have an Insight for ArcGIS Installed in Portal. I guess I should install and configure insight in the new machine before running the restore?
I will update you soon.
Agreed with @ReeseFacendini. As long as internal traffic via the admin URL and privatePortalURL on the standby are resolving to the standby machines, you can restore whenever, but ideally you'd should flip back over to the production environment to restore functionality and accessibility.
And yes, the credentials are referring to the user with the default administrator role in the portal that you've entered into the webgisdr properties file.