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Export and Import Mainframe Enterprise Server Configurations

  • January 13, 2014
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Hello All,

I am new to Micro Focus enterprise server. I am working for a client who is changing his current vendor. Micro Focus enterprise server is installed and setup on the old vendor's servers, I have to install a new copy of Micro focus enterprise server on a new server with similar configurations that present in the old setup. Is there a way in micro focus to export all the settings in a file or something and later import in the new setup. 

Urgent responses would be highly appreciated.


#EnterpriseServer

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Hello All,

I am new to Micro Focus enterprise server. I am working for a client who is changing his current vendor. Micro Focus enterprise server is installed and setup on the old vendor's servers, I have to install a new copy of Micro focus enterprise server on a new server with similar configurations that present in the old setup. Is there a way in micro focus to export all the settings in a file or something and later import in the new setup. 

Urgent responses would be highly appreciated.


#EnterpriseServer

Hi,

there is an export option when you log on to the Micro Focus server administration.

" "export" "Enterprise" "enterpris" ">documentation.microfocus.com/.../HTPHMDSAF100.html

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Hello All,

I am new to Micro Focus enterprise server. I am working for a client who is changing his current vendor. Micro Focus enterprise server is installed and setup on the old vendor's servers, I have to install a new copy of Micro focus enterprise server on a new server with similar configurations that present in the old setup. Is there a way in micro focus to export all the settings in a file or something and later import in the new setup. 

Urgent responses would be highly appreciated.


#EnterpriseServer

Thanks for your quick response !!

Does this mean that I can export all the settings from the current setup using the option provided by you and import in a fresh installation? Are there any further settings required to make this fresh copy behave like the already setup installation?

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Hello All,

I am new to Micro Focus enterprise server. I am working for a client who is changing his current vendor. Micro Focus enterprise server is installed and setup on the old vendor's servers, I have to install a new copy of Micro focus enterprise server on a new server with similar configurations that present in the old setup. Is there a way in micro focus to export all the settings in a file or something and later import in the new setup. 

Urgent responses would be highly appreciated.


#EnterpriseServer

Thanks for your quick response !!

Does this mean that I can export all the settings from the current setup using the option provided by you and import in a fresh installation? Are there any further settings required to make this fresh copy behave like the already setup installation?

D

Hello All,

I am new to Micro Focus enterprise server. I am working for a client who is changing his current vendor. Micro Focus enterprise server is installed and setup on the old vendor's servers, I have to install a new copy of Micro focus enterprise server on a new server with similar configurations that present in the old setup. Is there a way in micro focus to export all the settings in a file or something and later import in the new setup. 

Urgent responses would be highly appreciated.


#EnterpriseServer

The Export option in MFDS ("Enterprise Server Administration") only exports information maintained by MFDS. That includes server, communications process, listener, service, package, handler, and external security manager definitions.

If you use any of the Mainframe Subsystem emulation environments (CICS, JES, and IMS), you must also copy configuration and data for those. For CICS, for example, that would be the resource definition file DFHDRDAT. The location of this file (or potentially files, if you have multiple CICS regions) is set in the server configuration in MFDS. For JES, there's the catalog and spool; for IMS, various configuration files.

You also need to copy things like application program objects for services, transaction programs, etc; and application data files.

Moving an Enterprise Server installation to a new system is not trivial. I would be hesitant to attempt it without a good understanding of Enterprise Server administration, of the customer applications, and of the ES environments (native services, CICS, JES, or IMS) being used.

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Hello All,

I am new to Micro Focus enterprise server. I am working for a client who is changing his current vendor. Micro Focus enterprise server is installed and setup on the old vendor's servers, I have to install a new copy of Micro focus enterprise server on a new server with similar configurations that present in the old setup. Is there a way in micro focus to export all the settings in a file or something and later import in the new setup. 

Urgent responses would be highly appreciated.


#EnterpriseServer

Thanks Michael for the detailed response.

The current setup at client is just using it for running jobs on enterprise server. Would it be ok if we

1. Export the MFDS information

2. copy spool and catalog

3. copy source code (COBOL programs and JCLs)

Is there anything else that is required?

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Hello All,

I am new to Micro Focus enterprise server. I am working for a client who is changing his current vendor. Micro Focus enterprise server is installed and setup on the old vendor's servers, I have to install a new copy of Micro focus enterprise server on a new server with similar configurations that present in the old setup. Is there a way in micro focus to export all the settings in a file or something and later import in the new setup. 

Urgent responses would be highly appreciated.


#EnterpriseServer

You'll have to copy over data files used by your programs, and recompile the programs, of course.

Depending on whether you use any security features of Enterprise Server, what features you use, and in some cases how those are configured, there may be additional configuration that has to be reproduced.

I can't think of anything else at the moment.

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