Transferring or Registering the UMS ID

There are two different ways to handle the UMS ID if you migrate the UMS Server:

Transferring the UMS ID (recommended)
With this method, you make a backup of the old UMS ID and take it with you. The UMS ID, which is automatically created during the installation of the new UMS Server, is overwritten.
Advantage: You do not have to reassign the license packages in the IGEL License Portal (ILP) and to re-register your UMS.
Registering a New UMS ID
With this method, you do not create a backup of the current UMS ID. A new UMS ID is created for the new UMS server.
Advantage: You do not need to know the UMS ID of the old server.
Disadvantage: You have to register the UMS ID of the new server in the IGEL License Portal (ILP). To authenticate your UMS to the IGEL Cloud Services, you also have to re-register your UMS in the IGEL Customer Portal using the new UMS ID.

Transferring the UMS ID

On the Old Server: Create a Backup of the UMS ID

Open the UMS Administrator on your old server.

Default path to the UMS Administrator:

Linux: /opt/IGEL/RemoteManager/RMAdmin.sh
Windows: C:\Program Files\IGEL\RemoteManager\rmadmin\RMAdmin.exe

The IGEL UMS Administrator application can only be started on the UMS Server.

Go to UMS ID Backup and create a backup as described under UMS ID Backup in the IGEL Administrator.
In your file explorer, go to the folder where you saved the UMS ID backup.
Copy the backup (e.g. UMS ID_backup before migration.ksbak) to a directory of your new UMS Server environment.

On the New Server: Restore the UMS ID to the New Server

Open the UMS Administrator on the new server.
Go to UMS ID Backup and restore the backup as described under UMS ID Backup in the IGEL Administrator.
The UMS ID is now connected to the new UMS server.

Registering a New UMS ID

When you migrate without creating a backup of your UMS ID, a new UMS ID is generated for the new UMS server. This new UMS ID must be registered in the ILP and in the IGEL Customer Portal.

Registering in the ILP

For details, see How to Register the UMS ID in ILP.

Registering in the IGEL Customer Portal

For details, see Registering the UMS in the IGEL Customer Portal.