If you do not have any secondary consoles:
Perform a backup. For instructions, see Section 30.2, Backing Up the Access Manager Configuration.
Install Administration Console of the same type (Linux or Windows) on the new hardware using the same DNS name and IP address.
Restore the configuration. For instructions, see Section 30.3, Restoring the Access Manager Configuration.
If you have secondary consoles, you need to re-create the replica ring. When you install secondary consoles, they are added to the replica ring of the configuration datastore. The Access Manager backup script does not back up the replica ring information. It backs up only the Access Manager configuration information. The following instructions explain how you can re-create the replica ring when you install the primary Administration Console on new hardware.
Perform a backup. For instructions, see Section 30.2, Backing Up the Access Manager Configuration.
Down any secondary consoles.
Install Administration Console on the new hardware using the same DNS name and IP address that is used for the existing Primary Console.
Restore the configuration. For instructions, see Section 30.3, Restoring the Access Manager Configuration.
Remove any secondary consoles from the configuration:
In Administration Console Dashboard, click Troubleshooting.
In the Other Known Device Manager Servers section, use the Remove button to remove any secondary consoles.
Uninstall the secondary consoles. For instructions, see Uninstalling Administration Console in the NetIQ Access Manager 4.5 Installation and Upgrade Guide.
Reinstall the secondary consoles as secondary consoles to the new primary console.
NOTE:Taking the backup of Administration Console configuration on one platform such as Linux and restoring it to another platform such as on Windows or vice versa is not supported.