Migration Scenarios Using Simple Mode and Advanced Mode

This section shows the steps to take when migrating data in different scenarios and when disabling the Ivanti Service Manager development project and using Simple Mode and Advanced Mode. It skips the conceptual information and only shows the procedure steps.  See Appendix B: Migrating Data from One Tenant Instance to Another Using Simple Mode or Advanced Mode for conceptual information and details about these steps.

These examples migrate data by disabling the Ivanti Service Manager development project and using Simple Mode and Advanced Mode.

Migrating Data from the Production Instance of the Tenant to the Staging or UAT Instance of the Tenant

Refreshing the Staging or UAT Instance of the Tenant

Performing a Quick Migration from the Staging or UAT Instance to the Production Instance

Migrating Certain Types of Metadata and Validation Data from the Staging or UAT Instance to the Production Instance, or from the Staging Instance to the UAT Instance

Migrating Certain Types of Metadata, Validation Data, and Master Data from the Staging or UAT Instance to the Production Instance, or from the Staging Instance to the UAT Instance

Migrating Only Transactional Data from the Staging or UAT Instance to the Production Instance, or from the Staging Instance to the UAT Instance

Overwriting All Metadata and Validation Data from the Staging or UAT Instance to the Production Instance, or from the Staging Instance to the UAT Instance

Migrating Configuration Data (Settings) from the Staging or UAT Instance to the Production Instance, or from the Staging Instance to the UAT Instance

Example: Migrating Service Level Data

Migrating Data from the Production Instance of the Tenant to the Staging or UAT Instance of the Tenant

In this scenario, you are just starting out and have only created an initial production instance of your tenant.

1.Log in to the Operations Console and click the Tenants tab.

2.Navigate to the landscape you will perform the migration in and click Manage Migration.

3.Click Push in the arrow representing the migration path to use. (See Migration Dashboard in Starting the Data Migration.) The system displays the Copy source_tenant_instance to target_tenant_instance (for example, Copy Production to Staging) dialog box.

4.Enter the following information for the first data migration to a tenant instance:

Select an option in the Target DB Option field.

In the Target DB Server field, if the target landscape contains more than one database server, select the server that hosts the Ivanti Service Manager configuration database.

(Optional) Check Keep existing users enabled in the target tenant to keep all the users, and not just the administrators, active.

(Optional) Check Scrub email address in users to scrub user emails.

(Optional) Check Scrub email address in other places to scrub email accounts saved in transactional data.

(Optional) Check Trim data to keep last 90 days only to only copy transactional data that was created or modified within the last 90 days.

Do not check this option if you are creating the database from the sample ("out of the box") database, because the records are likely to be older than 90 days in the sample database.

(Optional) Check Shrink database after scrubbing and trimming to truncate unnecessary data when the tenant instance is created from a backup.

5.Click Execute.

Refreshing the Staging or UAT Instance of the Tenant

In this scenario, you have a database on the staging or UAT instance of the tenant and you want to update it with the latest version from the production instance of the tenant.

1.Log in to the Operations Console and click the Tenants tab.

2.Navigate to the landscape you will perform the migration in and click Manage Migration.

3.Click Push in the arrow representing the migration path to use. (See Migration Dashboard in Starting the Data Migration.) The Copy source_tenant_instance to target_tenant_instance (for example, Copy Production to Staging) dialog box appears.

4.Enter the following information for the first data migration to a tenant instance:

Select an option in the Target DB Option field.

In the Target DB Server field, if the target landscape contains more than one database server, select the server that hosts the Ivanti Service Manager configuration database.

(Optional) Check Keep existing users enabled in the target tenant to keep all the users, and not just the administrators, active.

(Optional) Check Scrub email address in users to scrub user emails.

(Optional) Check Scrub email address in other places to scrub email accounts saved in transactional data.

(Optional) Check Trim data to keep last 90 days only to only copy transactional data that was created or modified within the last 90 days.

(Optional) Check Shrink database after scrubbing and trimming to truncate unnecessary data when the tenant instance is created from a backup.

5.Click Execute.

Performing a Quick Migration from the Staging or UAT Instance to the Production Instance

1.Log in to the Operations Console and click the Tenants tab.

2.Navigate to the landscape you will perform the migration in and click Manage Migration.

3.Click Push in the arrow representing the migration path to use. (See Migration Dashboard in Starting the Data Migration.) The Copy source_tenant_instance to target_tenant_instance (for example, Copy Staging to Production) dialog box appears.

4.In the Copy dialog box, make these selections:

Do not check Advanced Mode.

(Optional) Check Skip target tenant backup before operation to not perform a database backup.

(Optional) Under Copy the following selected data, check Service request if you want to migrate service request information, and check Escalation schedule if you want to migrate escalation schedule information.

5.Click Execute.

Migrating Certain Types of Metadata and Validation Data from the Staging or UAT Instance to the Production Instance, or from the Staging Instance to the UAT Instance

1.Log in to the Operations Console and click the Tenants tab.

2.Navigate to the landscape you will perform the migration in and click Manage Migration.

3.Click Push in the arrow representing the migration path to use. (See Migration Dashboard in Starting the Data Migration.) The Copy source_tenant_instance to target_tenant_instance (for example, Copy Staging to Production) dialog box appears.

4.In the Copy dialog box, check Advanced Mode.

5.In the Copy dialog box, for the Operation field, choose Copy Configuration. (See Copy Dialog Box (Migrate Metadata and Validation Data) in Appendix B: Migrating Data from One Tenant Instance to Another Using Simple Mode or Advanced Mode.)

6. (Optional) Check Skip target tenant backup before operation to not back up the target tenant instance prior to the data migration.

7.(Optional) Check the items to delete if those objects were deleted on the target tenant instance in the Delete metadata items in target_tenant_instance that do not exist in source_tenant_instance section. If you do not select any checkboxes in this section, all data is merged, and no data on the source tenant instance is deleted.

8.(Optional) Check the items under the Replace metadata items in target_tenant_instance that are newer than those in source_tenant_instance section to delete items that exist on both the source tenant instance and the target tenant instance when the version on the target tenant instance is newer than the version on the source tenant instance. If you do not select any checkboxes in this section, all data on the target tenant instance is overwritten by data from the source tenant instance.

9.(Optional) Check the items under the Custom defined validation list data objects section to delete customized validation list items on the target tenant instance that were also deleted on the source tenant instance.

10.Click Execute.

Migrating Certain Types of Metadata, Validation Data, and Master Data from the Staging or UAT Instance to the Production Instance, or from the Staging Instance to the UAT Instance

1.Log in to the Operations Console and click the Tenants tab.

2.Navigate to the landscape you will perform the migration in and click Manage Migration.

3.Click Push in the arrow representing the migration path to use. (See Migration Dashboard in Starting the Data Migration.) The system displays the Copy source_tenant_instance to target_tenant_instance (for example, Copy Staging to Production) dialog box.

4.In the Copy dialog box, check Advanced Mode. The system displays more options in the dialog box.

5.In the Copy dialog box, for the Operation field, choose Copy Configuration & Master Data. (See Copy Dialog Box (Migrate Metadata, Validation Data, and Master Data) -- Top Half in Appendix B: Migrating Data from One Tenant Instance to Another Using Simple Mode or Advanced Mode.)

6.Fill in the top portion of the Copy dialog box (the settings for metadata and validation data) as described in Migrating Certain Types of Metadata and Validation Data from the Staging or UAT Instance to the Production Instance, or from the Staging Instance to the UAT Instance.

7.(Optional) Check Delete data items in target_tenant_instance that do not exist in source_tenant_instance to delete master data on the target tenant instance that was also deleted on the source tenant instance.

8.(Optional) Check any items under the Copy the following selected data section to include them when the data is migrated.

9.(Optional) Select one or more items to migrate from the Additional Data list.

10.Click Execute.

Migrating Only Transactional Data from the Staging or UAT Instance to the Production Instance, or from the Staging Instance to the UAT Instance

1.Log in to the Operations Console and click the Tenants tab.

2.Navigate to the landscape you will perform the migration in and click Manage Migration.

3.Click Push in the arrow representing the migration path to use. (See Migration Dashboard in Starting the Data Migration.) The system displays the Copy source_tenant_instance to target_tenant_instance (for example, Copy Staging to Production) dialog box.

4.In the Copy dialog box, check Advanced Mode.

5.In the Copy dialog box, for the Operation field, choose Copy Data Only. (See Copy Dialog Box (Migrate Only Transactional Data) in Appendix B: Migrating Data from One Tenant Instance to Another Using Simple Mode or Advanced Mode.)

6. (Optional) Check Skip target tenant backup before operation to not back up the target tenant instance prior to the data migration.

7.(Optional) Check Delete data items in target_tenant_instance that do not exist in source_tenant_instance under the Data only copy options section to delete transactional data on the target tenant instance if that data was also deleted on the source tenant instance.

8.(Optional) In the Transactional Data list, select the items to migrate.

9.Click Execute.

Overwriting All Metadata and Validation Data from the Staging or UAT Instance to the Production Instance, or from the Staging Instance to the UAT Instance

1.Log in to the Operations Console and click the Tenants tab.

2.Navigate to the landscape you will perform the migration in and click Manage Migration.

3.Click Push in the arrow representing the migration path to use. (See Migration Dashboard in Starting the Data Migration.) The system displays the Copy source_tenant_instance to target_tenant_instance (for example, Copy Staging to Production) dialog box.

4.In the Copy dialog box, check Advanced Mode.

5.In the Copy dialog box, for the Operation field, choose Copy to Replace. (See Copy Dialog Box (To Overwrite Metadata and Validation Data) in Appendix B: Migrating Data from One Tenant Instance to Another Using Simple Mode or Advanced Mode.)

6.Enter the following information:

Select an option in the Target DB Option field.

In the Target DB Server field, if the target landscape contains more than one database server, select the server that hosts the Ivanti Service Manager configuration database.

(Optional) Check Keep existing users enabled in the target tenant to keep all the users, and not just the administrators, active.

(Optional) Check Scrub email address in users to scrub user emails.

(Optional) Check Scrub email address in other places to scrub email accounts saved in transactional data.

(Optional) Check Trim data to keep last 90 days only to only copy transactional data that was created or modified within the last 90 days.

(Optional) Check Shrink database after scrubbing and trimming to truncate unnecessary data when the tenant instance is created from a backup.

(Optional) Check Skip target tenant backup before operation to not back up the target tenant instance prior to the data migration.

7.Click Execute.

Migrating Configuration Data (Settings) from the Staging or UAT Instance to the Production Instance, or from the Staging Instance to the UAT Instance

1.Log in to the Operations Console and click the Tenants tab.

2.Navigate to the landscape you will perform the migration in and click Manage Migration.

3.Click Push in the arrow representing the migration path to use. (See Migration Dashboard in Starting the Data Migration.) The system displays the Copy source_tenant_instance to target_tenant_instance (for example, Copy Staging to Production) dialog box.

4.In the Copy dialog box, check Advanced Mode.

5.In the Copy dialog box, for the Operation field, choose Copy Settings. (See Copy Dialog Box (Migrate Settings) in Appendix B: Migrating Data from One Tenant Instance to Another Using Simple Mode or Advanced Mode.)

6. (Optional) Check Skip target tenant backup before operation to not back up the target tenant instance prior to the data migration.

7.(Optional) Check Delete setting records in target_tenant that do not exist in source_tenant to delete configuration data (settings) on the target tenant instance if that data was also deleted on the source tenant instance.

8.(Optional) To update configuration data (settings) that has changed in both the source and the target tenant instances, check Update setting records that changed.

9.In the Setting Type list, select the configuration data types (settings) to migrate.

10.Click Execute.

Example: Migrating Service Level Data

This example shows how to migrate service level data such as service level agreements, operational level agreements, underpinning contracts, service level targets, and service level packages. All of these are made up of master data and transactional data.

1.Log in to the Operations Console and click the Tenants tab.

2.Navigate to the landscape you will perform the migration in and click Manage Migration.

3.Click Push in the arrow representing the migration path to use. (See Migration Dashboard in Starting the Data Migration.) The system displays the Copy source_tenant_instance to target_tenant_instance (for example, Copy Staging to UAT) dialog box.

4.In the Copy dialog box, for the Operation field, select Copy Master Data Only.

5.(Optional) Check Delete data items in target_tenant_instance that do not exist in source_tenant_instance to delete master data on the target tenant instance that was also deleted on the source tenant instance.

6.Under the Copy the following selected data section, check Service request and Escalation schedule.

7.From the Additional Data list, hold down the control key and select all of the following:

Service Agreement (ServiceAgreement)

Service Level Agreement (ServiceLevelAgreement.SLA)

Service Level Objective (ServiceLevelObjective)

Service Level Package (ServiceLevelPackage)

Service Level Target (ServiceLevelTarget)

Service Level Target – General (ServiceLevelTargetGeneral)

Vendor (Vendor)

8.Click Execute.