Article ID: 2709
Reviewed: 10/06/2014

Product Version:
AhsayOBS: v6.29.0.0, Pre-7.3.2.0
OS: All platforms

Description:
How do I move backup account between different User Homes (on the same server or a different server)?

Steps:
To move a backup account to a new User Home on another AhsayOBS server, please follow the instructions below:

Assumption:
You want to move backup account 'UserA' from

Server A (SOURCE server) - %AhsayOBS Home%\user

to

Server B (DESTINATION server) - %New Home%\user

Instruction:
Refer to the following instruction:

1. Log on to the AhsayOBS management console of the DESTINATION server (e.g. Server B)
   
   
   
2. Under the [Manage System] page, enter the new User Home directory path (for migration to a new User Home only):
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Shutdown the SOURCE AhsayOBS service (e.g. Server A) by:
   
   
   • (Windows) [Control Panel] > [Administrative Tools] > [Services] > [Offsite Backup Server and Replication Server]
   • (Linux) Run [ service obsr stop] or [ ${Install-Home} / bin / shutdown.sh ]
   
   
4. Create a new temporary folder under the SOURCE User Home (e.g. %AhsayOBS Home%\user\TO_BE_MIGRATE).
   
   Move the user account to the newly created temp folder (e.g. 'move' the user instead of 'copy' to reduce the server down time):
   
   
   %AhsayOBS Home%\user\UserA
   
   to
   
   %AhsayOBS Home%\user\TO_BE_MIGRATE\UserA
   
   
5. Startup the SOURCE AhsayOBS service (e.g. Server A) by:
   
   
   
   • (Windows) [Control Panel] > [Administrative Tools] > [Services] > [Offsite Backup Server and Replication Server]
   • (Linux) Run [ service obsr start ] or [ ${Install-Home} / bin / startup.sh ]
   
   
6. Transfer the user account from the SOURCE to the DESTINATION AhsayOBS's User Home:
   
   
   %AhsayOBS Home%\user\TO_BE_MIGRATE\UserA
   
   to
   
   %New Home%\TO_BE_MIGRATE\UserA
   
   
7. Shutdown the DESTINATION AhsayOBS service (e.g. Server B) by:
   
   
   • (Windows) [Control Panel] > [Administrative Tools] > [Services] > [Offsite Backup Server and Replication Server]
   • (Linux) Run [ service obsr stop] or [ ${Install-Home} / bin / shutdown.sh ]
   
   
8. Move the user account to the DESTINATION User Home in the proper location (e.g. move instead of copy to reduce the server down time):
   
   
   %New Home%\TO_BE_MIGRATE\UserA
   
   to
   
   %New Home%\user\UserA
   
   
9. Startup the DESTINATION AhsayOBS service (e.g. Server B) by:
   
   
   • (Windows) [Control Panel] > [Administrative Tools] > [Services] > [Offsite Backup Server and Replication Server]
   • (Linux) Run [ service obsr start ] or [ ${Install-Home} / bin / startup.sh ]
   
   
10. Delete the temp folder from the SOURCE and DESTINATION User Home afterward.

Important:
For migration of backup account between different User Homes on the same AhsayOBS, you can perform the same procedures (you can skip Steps 4 - 7).

It is also recommended that you only migrate backup account across AhsayOBS servers on the same version release.


Keywords:
move, migrate, modify, accounts, backup, user, account, users