In some cases, one or more Business or Protection Servers may need to be moved to a different Backup Group. This condition may occur if an existing Backup Group has become too large and the amount of data being protected is excessive for the network system.
If the Backup Group does not exist, you must create it before you move the server. A new Backup Group requires the creation of a new Continuous Management Service (CMS) using the Complete or Custom installation procedures.
When a new Backup Group is created, it must have a unique name and unique CMS. Each Backup Group can only have one CMS. After a new Backup Group has been created, the Business Servers and Protection Servers can be migrated to the new group.
When a server has been moved to a different Backup group, all jobs involving that server must be recreated.
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You can move a Business Server that runs on Windows Server 2008 (or Windows Server 2008 R2) to a backup group that runs on Windows Server 2008 (or Windows Server 2008 R2) only. |
To move servers between Backup Groups
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In the results pane, right-click the server name that you want to move, and then click Change Management Server.
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On the Choose Change Management Server dialog box, type the name of the new CMS, and then click OK.
The name cannot be the same as the existing CMS.
Additionally, select the check box if you want to delete the job pairs and rules that are associated with the old CMS.
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When you are prompted to verify that you want to change the CMS, click Yes to proceed or click No to cancel the operation.
If you clicked Yes, the Administration Console that is still connected to the original CMS deletes all jobs that were involved with the server. If the job deletions were not successful, a message box notes the failure.