Move NXF to new Win Server

[gblue]

Hello
We are preparing to upgrade our Win Server and it might require a fresh install. In doing so, how would I prepare to move/migrate/transfer my NX Filter instance (self hosted) to the new Win server? Thanks for the help and tips.

[support200]

It's easy. Everything is in its config db. You could download its backup from 'System > Backup' and copy it into c:/nxfilter/db in the new server.

If you want to migrate everything including its traffic data. Stop NxFilter and zip c:/nxfilter and then extract it in the new server. And then make it as a service by running c:/nxfilter/bin/instsvc.bat with admin permission.

[gblue]

Hello. We got NXF migrated to the new server. We are having difficulty with getting the NXF service to run. Basically it starts then stops right away. IF we run startup.bat from the /Bin manually, NXF will start without problem. There seems to be a problem with the NXF as a service. Any advice? We are using, v.4.7.5.4

[support200]

Do you see anything in c:/nxfilter/log/nxfilter.log when it starts? You can try 'net start NxFilter' and see what it says in the log file.

[support200]

Maybe you have a problem with JRE path. Do you see c:/nxfilter/jre4win64 directory? If you don't, you may try to overwrite it using the EXE package. It's not in the ZIP package. The EXE package doesn't initialize your existing DB.

[gblue]

Thank you for response. Appears to be a few issues we are battling. 1) we would prefer to install on non-os partition, ie, not on C:\. 2) our first attempt was to use zip, extract, and use to non-os partition, and that was producing same results, nxf service not starting. we did test by installing .exe and that defaulted to c:\ without option for location. By following those instructions and having the base installation on c:\, nxf service starts and everything works. However, we would still prefer to have NXF on D:\ (non-os partition). Have others had success installing and running NXF in location other than, C:\?

[support200]

I don't know if it's possible. Maybe you can try mklink. I could link E:/nxfilter to C:/nxfilter and install it as a service using instsvc.bat.

[gblue]

Thank you for your comments. We will stick with c:\nxfilter as recommended.
It would be appreciative to reflect that imperative directory (c:\nxfilter) in documentation.