# Migrating Endpoint Central MSP Server | How to Guide

## How to migrate Central Server installation from one drive/location to another within the same computer?

### Description

This document provides the steps to migrate the Central Server from one drive/location to another within the same computer.

> **Note:** To know the steps to migrate the server from one computer to another, [click here](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/desktop-central-server-migration-how-to.html).

- To migrate Central Server from 32-bit to 64-bit architecture, [click here](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/migrate-dc-32-to-64-bit-architecture.html).

### Caution

1. Do not download a fresh EXE from the website and install it in the new location. Instead, copy the installation directory to the new location.
2. After migration, ensure that the patch and software repositories are accessible from the Central Server.

### Steps

#### With Failover Server

1. **Stop the Failover Server** before starting the migration process. Check the task manager to ensure no processes are running from the Central Server folder.
2. **Stop the Central Server**. Verify through the task manager that no active processes are running from the Central Server folder.
3. Copy the entire Central Server folder from the old location and paste it into the new location.
4. Navigate to **<Installation_Dir>\conf** in the new location and delete the **ws.modtime** file.
5. Open the command prompt as administrator and execute **_runOnceAsAdmin.bat_** from **<Installation_Dir>\bin**.
6. **Start the Central Server**.
7. **Start the Failover Server**.

You have successfully migrated the Central Server to a new drive/location on the same computer.

> **Note:** While migrating between drives, do not start the server alongside the Failover Server.

#### Without Failover Server

1. **Stop the Central Server** before starting the migration process. Verify through the task manager that no active processes are running from the Central Server folder.
2. Copy the entire Central Server folder from the old location and paste it into the new location.
3. Navigate to **<Installation_Dir>\conf** in the new location and delete the **ws.modtime** file.
4. Open the command prompt as administrator and execute **_runOnceAsAdmin.bat_** from **<Installation_Dir>\bin**.
5. **Start the Central Server**.

You have successfully migrated the Central Server to a new drive/location on the same computer.

### Support

If you still have questions about this migration process, send the server [logs](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/logs-how-to.html) to support at endpointcentral-support@manageengine.com.