Migrating a Data Center Expert hardware server to a virtual appliance

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To migrate a hardware server to a virtual appliance in DCE 9.0.0 and newer, you must:

• Purchase a subscription license on the mySchneider Software Management website. 
• Create a new DCE device on the mySchneider Software Management website.
• Contact technical support for new a node license for the virtual appliance. 

See Manage your DCE subscription license in mySchneider Software Management

1. Perform a back up of the hardware server. Log in to the DCE desktop client and go to System > Server Administration Settings >  Server Backup/Restore.
2. Deploy the DCE VM software and configure it using the hardware equivalents for the Basic, Standard, or Enterprise server from which you are migrating.
   The available disk space for the virtual appliance must be greater than the disk space used by the hardware server.

   You cannot restore to a virtual appliance with fewer CPU, fewer network adapters, less RAM, or less available disk space than the hardware server.

   See Deploying and configuring a Data Center Expert virtual appliance, and Data Center Expert server equivalent configurations for VM.

3. Perform a restore on the virtual appliance. Go to System > Server Administration Settings > Server Backup/Restore.
   You cannot restore to a virtual machine other than the Data Center Expert virtual appliance.
4. Contact technical support for assistance migrating your license.
5. Go to System > Server Administration > Settings > License and upload the new node license you received from mySchneider Software Management.