How to move SharePoint Manager Plus to a new server?

1. step 1Do not uninstall SharePoint Manager Plus from the current server until the installation on the new server works perfectly.
2. step 2If the operating system on the new server is Windows Server 2008 or Windows 7, turn off User Account Control since this setting will allow only an administrator to install the product. (Steps: Control Panel → User Accounts → User Accounts → Turn User Account Control Off)
3. step 3Identify the build number of your current SharePoint Manager Plus installation. To know the build number: Logon to SharePoint Manager Plus → Click on the License link located in the top-right corner.
4. step 4Click here to check if you are using the latest build of SharePoint Manager Plus. If not, download the service pack and update SharePoint Manager Plus to the latest build.
5. If you have configured a Microsoft 365 tenant using the Azure Application, you will need the database console password. Please contact support@sharepointmanagerplus.com for the password before moving your SharePoint Manager Plus installation to a new server.

1. step 1Stop SharePoint Manager Plus. (Go to services.msc → Stop SharePoint Manager Plus service).
2. step 2Open a command prompt (Run as administrator). Navigate to <Installation Directory>\ManageEngine\SharePoint Manager Plus\bin and execute stopDB.bat. This will stop the database.
3. step 3Close the command prompt and copy the entire SharePoint Manager Plus folder to the new server or drive. Make sure you verify the folder size on both servers.
4. step 4Then open a command prompt (Run as administrator) on the new server and navigate to <installation-directory>\ManageEngine\SharePoint Manager Plus\bin. Execute InstallSPMPAsService.bat to install SharePoint Manager Plus as a service.
5. step 5Execute initPgsql.bat Stonebraker.
6. step 6Open <New Location>\ManageEngine\SharePoint Manager Plus\ES\config\elasticsearch.yml. Replace path.data and path.repo values with new location.

   Sample code:

   path.data :

   - <New Location>\ManageEngine\SharePoint Manager Plus\ES\data
   path.repo : <New Location>\ManageEngine\SharePoint Manager Plus\ES\repo

   

7. step 7Start SharePoint Manager Plus service by navigating to Services.msc → SharePoint Manager Plus Service → Start the service
8. step 8After moving SharePoint Manager Plus to a new location, follow the steps shown here if you have configured a Microsoft 365 Tenant using the Azure Application.

1. step 1Stop SharePoint Manager Plus.
   • Steps: Start → All Programs → SharePoint Manager Plus → Stop SharePoint Manager Plus (or),
   • Start → Run → services.msc → Stop ManageEngine SharePoint Manager Plus service.
2. step 2Navigate to <Installation Directory>\SharePoint Manager Plus\bin and open an elevated Command Prompt (right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator).
   • Run backupDB.bat file to back up the database of your current installation. The backup file can be found inside the folder where SharePoint Manager Plus has been installed (C:\ManageEngine\SharePoint Manager Plus\Backup)(Example: OfflineBackup_20161129235853.ezip).

   Note: Make sure that password is configured under Admin → Custom Settings → Database Settings.

3. step 3Download and install SharePoint Manager Plus on the new server.
4. step 4In the new server, start the product and verify the build number. Then, stop the product.
5. step 5Copy the compressed database backup file created in the old server to the following location in the new server: \SharePoint Manager Plus\bin (For example: C:\ManageEngine\SharePoint Manager Plus\bin)
6. step 6In the new server, navigate to \SharePoint Manager Plus\bin and open an elevated command prompt (right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator).
7. step 7Execute the restoreDB.bat file from the Command Prompt using the compressed database file. For example: restoreDB.bat "C:\ManageEngine\SharePoint Manager Plus\OfflineBackup_20161129235853.ezip" -p
8. step 8When it prompts for password, Enter the password you configured under Database Settings.
9. step 9Copy the archive, archive_index and ES folders present in <Installation Directory>\SharePoint Manager Plus and paste them to <New Installation Directory>\SharePoint Manager Plus.
10. step 10Open <New Location>\ManageEngine\SharePoint Manager Plus\ES\config\elasticsearch.yml. Replace path.data and path.repo values with new location.

    Sample code:

    path.data :

    - <New Location>\ManageEngine\SharePoint Manager Plus\ES\data
    path.repo : <New Location>\ManageEngine\SharePoint Manager Plus\ES\repo

    

11. step 11Copy the customer-config.xml and database_params.conf files present in <Installation Directory>\SharePoint Manager Plus\conf and paste it to <New Installation Directory>\SharePoint Manager Plus\conf.
12. step 12Apply the original license file sent to your email from licensing@manageengine.com. Alternatively, you can also copy the license folder present in <Installation Directory>\SharePoint Manager Plus\lib and paste it to <New Installation Directory>\SharePoint Manager Plus\lib.
13. step 13To start the product, click Start → All Programs → SharePoint Manager Plus → Start SharePoint Manager Plus.

After moving SharePoint Manager Plus to a new location, follow the steps below if you have configured a Microsoft 365 Tenant using Azure Application.

1. step 1Navigate to <Product Location>\bin, where <Product location> is the location where SharePoint Manager Plus has been installed.
2. step 2Open Command Prompt here and run the following command.
   connectDB.bat
3. step 3Once the Database Console opens, run the below command.
   Select farm_id, cert_path from AzureAppCredentials;
   
4. step 4You can find the former certificate location under cert_path column.
5. step 5Find the new location of the certificate and copy its path.

   Note: If the product is moved from 'C:\Program Files\ManageEngine' to 'D:\', and the cert_path in database is 'C:\Program Files\ManageEngine\SharePoint Manager Plus\conf\YourCertName.pfx', the new location of the certificate file will be 'D:\SharePoint Manager Plus\conf\YourCertName.pfx'.

6. step 6Update the path in the database by running this command in the database console for each Microsoft 365 Tenant configured.
   Update AzureAppCredentials set cert_path = '<New Certificate Location>' where farm_id = '<Tenant Admin Url>';