For reason or another you may need to move or migrate the Central Management Store CMS Database. This can happen for; Move from a PoC to production, Disaster Recovery or other relocation reason.
Well, you will need to follow these steps:
1- Backup the current CMS and LIS Databases
Export-CsConfiguration –FileName C:\Configuration.zip
Export-CsLisConfiguration –FileName C:\LIS.zip
2- Now it is the time to think where to move the DB J, this can be to another Std. FE or SQL Server;
For the first choice – another Std. Server – make sure to do the following:
· Create the new FE in the Topology Builder, then publish.
· Install that FE Server
· Make sure to run the Prepare Standard Edition server option to install CMS RTC instance
For the second choice – another SQL Server – just proceed.
3- Run the below cmdlet in the Lync S Module imported;
If moving to another Standard Edition Front End Server,
Install-CSDatabase –CentralManagementDatabase –UseDefaultSQLPaths –SqlServerFQDN HT-LyncStd.HanyTaha.Lab -SqlInstanceName rtc
If moving to another SQL Server,
Install-CsDatabase –CentralManagementDatabase –UseDefaultSQLPaths –SQLServerFQDN HT-ClusterSQL01.HanyTaha.Lab
4- Enable the Topology by “Enable-CsTopology” cmdlet in order to enable changes made outside Topology Builder;
Enable-CsTopology
5- Run the cmdlet “Move-CsManagementServer” to Moves the Central Management Server from one pool to another. it will search for available pools and provide you with options to move the CMS
Move-CsManagementServer
Or – in case of old CMS server is not there any more;
Move-CsManagementServer -ConfigurationFileName “C:\Configuration.zip” -LisConfigurationFileName “C:\LIS.zip” –Force
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Will this process work for moving the database in Lync 2013? Also, I’m not clear on why after you enable the topology you run the move-csmanagementserver command. It seems to me that once you move the database and enable the topology, this step is unnecessary.
Indeed, you need either to enable the topology from the GUI or from the cmdlet.
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thank you for the article, So there is no need to backup the Database and restore it on the new server?
Exactly. However, the backup is useful in other scenarios.