How do I move managed agents from an old management server to a new one? (NETIQKB70552)

How do I move managed agents from an old Management Server to a new one?

How do I retire an old Management Server or QDB?

Follow these steps to move managed agent servers from one QDB to another:

• From the old environment (original Management Server), apply the AMAdmin_AgentConfigMSRestrictions knowledge script with the option to APPEND the new MS name to the Managed Server. This will set the Allow MS Registry key on any and all Managed Servers.
• Restart the NetIQccm and NetIQmc services on the Managed Server's you ran the AMAdmin_AgentConfigMSRestrictions knowledge script on
• Add the new Managed Server object to the new environment
• Run all discovery knowledge scripts for all the applications on the Managed Server.
• Drop new jobs in the new environment to validate communication is working between the Management Server and the Managed Server.
• Now you can stop the old jobs on the old Management Server as they are added into the new environment.
• Make sure that your Management Policies are manually migrated over, or are recreated in your new environment.
• Make sure all the new objects are added to the new environment, communicating properly with the Management Server, and stopped from the old Management Server.
• Rerun the AMAdmin_AgentConfigMSRestrictions knowledge script and use the REPLACE option so that the Managed Servers are set to only use the new Management Server.
• Run the AMAdmin_SetPrimaryMS knowledge script to set the Primary Management Server for the newly added Managed Servers.

Formerly known as NETIQKB70552