Moving ADAudit Plus from one server/drive to another

1. Stop the ADAudit Plus server (Start → Run → type services.msc → Stop "ManageEngine ADAudit Plus" ).
2. Stop the DB,
   • Open the Command Prompt as an administrator
   • Navigate to <Installation-Directory>\ManageEngine\ADAudit Plus\bin
   • Execute StopDB.bat
3. Remove the ADAudit Plus service,
   • Open the Command Prompt as an administrator
   • Navigate to <Installation-Directory>\ManageEngine\ADAudit Plus\bin
   • Execute the command: wrapper.exe -r ..\conf\wrapper.conf
Note: The 4th step found below, is required only for build numbers 6000 and above.
4. Remove the ADAudit Plus - DataEngine service,
   • Open the Command Prompt as an administrator
   • Navigate to <Installation-Directory>\ManageEngine\ADAudit Plus\apps\dataengine-xnode\bin
   • Execute the command: dataengine-xnode.bat -r
5. Copy the entire ADAudit Plus folder to the new server or drive.
6. Ensure both folder sizes are the same.
7. To install ADAudit Plus as a service,
   • Open the Command Prompt as an administrator
   • Navigate to <Installation-Directory>\ManageEngine\ADAudit Plus\bin
   • Execute the command: InstallNTService.bat
8. To provide "Authenticated Users" sufficient privileges over the database folder,
   • Open the Command Prompt as an administrator
   • Navigate to <Installation-Directory>\ManageEngine\ADAudit Plus\bin
   • Execute the command: initPgsql.bat
9. If you want to start the product as service, go to Services.msc → 'ManageEngine ADAudit Plus' Service → Right click on properties → Click on 'Log on' tab and select 'This Account' → Provide the suitable credentials.

Note: If you are using MS SQL server as your database and if the MS SQL server is running in a remote computer- Download and install SQL native client, command line utilities, and ODBC Driver; in the computer on which ADAudit Plus is running.

Note: Native client, command line utilities, and ODBC driver versions have to be the same as the MS SQL version (to which the DB and/or data is to be moved).

Note: If you want to change the location of the archived files as well, kindly contact support.