Symantec Management Platform (Notification Server)

Hi

Anyone done altiris 6 to ITMS 7.1 sp2 migration. what is the best practices for that?

hi,

Check this artical.

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/altiris-endpoint-management-migrations-71

Altiris™ IT Management Suite from Symantec™ Migration Guide version 6x to 7.1 SP2

http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC4742

Best practices for migrating to Symantec Management Platform 7.1

http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO54429

I'd build a test 7.1 server and try the migration a few times to make sure it brings over what you want and leaves what you don't.

Tidy up old stuff out of your 6.0 server first.

Export everyting and only import what you want.

You could also join up with a Symantec partner to do the impementation.  I don't often toot my own horn but thought I'd throw it out for once.  Regarding best practice, there are very many documents you will need to read.  Jackie referenced JMart's compilation.  Read through each document in the 6.0 to 7.1 migration section.  You'll also want to familiarize yourself with the release notes for each product.  Pay special attention to the "Things to Know" and "Known Issues" sections.

Most folks will approach it as a non-migration scenario, where the content in NS6 is not terribly valuable and they're starting from scratch in 7.x.

Often it's a great opportunity for housekeeping - retire all those old Adobe Reader 8.0 packages and suchlike you don't use anymore.

I've found on migrations that lots of things can mess it up and lots of the imported data, even when successful, isn't much use.

For example, if the Owner of a NS6 item has been deleted from AD then that will stop te data being migrated. For some types of data it will just stop the data with the missing owner, other types will stop everything from the data with the missing owner onwards.

Imported legacy Pacakges can't have their expiry set, so if you want to keep them indefinitely on clients you can't.

If you Import (rather than migrate) MSI packages the Detection Rule is created for you.