Migrating Minimal Application/Web Server +

[dscoland]

Hi Lansweeper Community,

We are in the process of migrating our application and web server to a new server OS.
I am trying to find documentation on how to move all configuration settings (including web page configuration, scheduled deployments and anything that isn't included in the database) to that new server.

I made sure to follow bits and pieces from these references, successfully moved the scanning configuration and copied any custom PackageShare data over too.
https://www.lansweeper.com/kb/17/move-lansweeper-to-different-server.html
https://www.lansweeper.com/kb/136/setting-up-an-installation-with-multiple-scanning-servers.html
https://www.lansweeper.com/kb/173/login-failed-for-user-lansweeperuser.html

Since we plan to deprecate our current server, I am concerned that I have missed something. Is there a checklist reference that I overlooked which encompasses copying over all [non-database] settings safely so I can double check? As well as, is there a safe uninstall procedure I can follow for our old server?

Also wanted to ask; during this process, we find that incorporating multiple scanning servers is very appealing——especially since we have an Ultimate license. Would it be more efficient scanning our remote office inventory from a server that is at that remote location to eliminate a lot of WMI traffic across our WAN connection? We thought it may be a good idea. However we were wondering if this would be worth it since there might still be a lot of traffic sent back across the WAN to the DB. Would it make much of a difference?

https://www.lansweeper.com/kb/165/bandwidth-used-during-scanning.html

Thanks very much,
Daniel

[dscoland]

Thanks!

[Esben_D · Accepted solution]

If you want to be sure you have a backup of your complete Lansweeper installation, check this article: https://www.lansweeper.com/kb/94/backing-up-your-installation.html

For uninstalling, you can simply just use the uninstall from "Add or Remove Programs".

In the case of multiple scanning servers. Network usage wise, it should use a bit less in total, however, the main advantage of putting the scanning server locally is that the LAN network will have bandwidth to spare. This is not a huge factor since Lansweeper is very efficient bandwidth usage wise anyway. Additionally the ease of use, performance of scanning and being able to better manage your scanning setup for each site are also advantages.