Converting an expansion server to the main server
To replace your existing main server or to start a new system, you can convert an
expansion server into the main server.
What you should know
You convert an expansion server to a main server by activating the Directory role on your
server using Server
Admin.
CAUTION: This operation
restarts the Genetec™
Server
service which temporarily deactivates all roles hosted on your server. You must log on again to Server
Admin to
activate your software license on your new main server.
To convert an expansion server to the main server:
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Log on to Server
Admin on your computer using a web
browser.
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From the server list, select the expansion server you want to convert.
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Beside the server name, click .
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In the confirmation dialog box that appears, click
Continue.
The Genetec™
Server service restarts. You are temporarily logged off from
Server
Admin.
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Open a web browser, and enter
http://machine/Genetec
in the address
bar, where machine
is the DNS name or the IP address of your
server.
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Log on again to Server
Admin.
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Activate the software license on the
new main server.
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If you are replacing an old main server, configure the database settings on the Server Admin - Main server page so that
this server connects to your existing Directory database.
This operation forces the expansion server (promoted to main server) to take on the
identity of the old main server. This means that if there were roles hosted on the
expansion server before, they must be
moved to the new main server, because the ID of the expansion server has
changed.
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From the Config
Tool home page, open the
Network view task.
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In the network view, if you see an offline copy of the expansion server you just
converted (), delete it.