If you are migrating from Linux server that is no longer supported to a supported Linux server,
complete the following steps. For a list of supported operating system servers, refer to

Table 4

on page 2.

NOTE

If you are migrating from a pre-11.3.0 release, you must first migrate to Network Advisor
11.3.0 on your current server (refer to

Table 11

on page 41 for the release migration path).

1. Install Network Advisor 12.0.X on your current machine (refer to

“Installation”

on page 1)

and migrate your data (

“Migrating data”

on page 48).

2. Back up the server data on your current machine. For instructions, refer to “Configuring

backup” in the Brocade Network Advisor User Manual or online help.

3. Install Network Advisor 12.0.X on the supported server (refer to

“Data Migration”

page 39).

4. Restore the server back up from your original server. For instructions, refer to “Restoring

data” in the Brocade Network Advisor User Manual or online help.

5. Install Network Advisor 12.3.0 on your new machine (refer to

“Data Migration”

on page 39)

and migrate your data (

“Migrating data”

on page 48).

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Cross OS migration is not supported; however, you can restore a Windows OS backup to a
Linux OS and vice versa. If you are migrating from one OS to another, complete the following
steps.

NOTE

If you are migrating from a pre-11.3.0 release, you must first migrate to Network Advisor 12.0.X
on your current server (refer to

Table 11

on page 41 for the release migration path).

1. Install Network Advisor 12.3.0 (refer to

“Installation”

on page 1) on the current machine

and migrate your data (refer to

“Migrating data”

on page 48).

2. Back up the server data on your current machine. For instructions, refer to “Configuring

backup” in the Brocade Network Advisor User Manual or online help.