Migrating A SanteDB Server

Purpose: You wish to migrate a server from one hosted environment to another or to copy a configuration from one server to another in order to scale up.

Introduction: OpenIZ provides scale-out capabilities in which there are chained AMI configuration instances, however there are times when you wish to migrate or "spin-up" a cloned copy of the environment. This article will illustrate how to copy an existing environment to another server.

This article is not recommended for setting up a scale-out deployment (there are better ways of doing this), however is recommended for:

• Migrating from one hosted platform to another

• Copying a staging environment for testing

Applies To:

• OpenIZ IMS Server

Steps:

On the source server (the server you're copying from):

1. Shut down the OpenIZ host process

   • net stop "OpenIZ Host Process"

2. Backup the database by following the instructions listed in HS001 - Backing up IMS server database

3. Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Mohawk College\OpenIZ

4. Compress the folder by right clicking and selecting Send To > Compressed Folder

5. This will create an OpenIZ.zip file in the Mohawk College folder (you may be asked to place the file on the desktop instead) **

On the destination server (the server you're copying to):

1. Restore the database on your target environment by following the instructions listed in HS001 - Backing up IMS server database

2. Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Mohawk College folder (create it if it does not exist)

3. Extract the OpenIZ.zip file into the C:\Program Files (x86)\Mohawk College folder.

4. Register the service with: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\InstallUtil /i "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mohawk College\OpenIZ\openiz.exe"

5. Start the service with net start "OpenIZ Host Process"