Endpoint Encryption

How does one go about transferring an existing install to another server? On the new server PGP is already installed and licensed. We'd just like to export our existing keychain and others public keys from the old server to this new server.

What OS are both the servers on?  Have you changed any default keyring locations?

Default locations taken on both machines.

Old machine is Server 2003 while new machine is Server 2008 R2

The simplest thing is to simply copy the keyring files from the old system to the new system.

Running "pgp --version -verbose" will tell you the location of the keyring files.  Run this on the old system, and copy the public and private keyring files.  Run this on the new system, and drop these files into that location.

is there a way to change the install directory for PGP? on the old server its just C:\PGP, which is fine because multiple people will need access to PGP command line. on the new server it wants to install and keep the settings in my user profile.

It is difficult to change the install location (where pgp.exe lives).

Other settings (preferences, keyrings, etc.) can be shared.  The easiest way to do this is to set the PGP_HOME_DIR environment variable, or to use the "--home-dir" option when invoking PGP Command Line.

Ok thanks. PGP_HOME_DIR as a system variable seems like the deal

Sometimes I need to reboot Windows boxes after the environment variable, just a heads up.