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
      4. 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.

    SQL Server version Command Line Utilities (cmdlnutils) Native Client (ncli) ODBC Driver (odbc)
    2008 https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=44272 https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=44272 Not needed.
    2012 https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=36433 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=50402 Not needed.
    2014 https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=53164 Not needed. https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=36434
    2016, 2017, and 2019 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=56833 Not needed. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=56833

    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.