Migration path from legacy to enhanced MCS Profiles ntservices

Products

• NIMSOFT PROBES
• DX Infrastructure Management

Issue/Introduction

We are upgrading our UIM 8.5 env to 9.2.0 and also wish to make use of the latest MCS enhanced profile for ntservices

What is correct migration path for this?

Environment

Release : 9.2.0

Component : UIM - MON_CONFIG_SERVICE

Resolution

Existing ntservices MCS template versions

• Setup ntservices 1.18
• Windows Services 2.33

Steps

Before Upgrade to UIM 9.2.0

1. Download 1578405738663_ntservices_mcs_templates.zip from this document
2. rename to ntservices_mcs_templates.zip
3. Import ntservices_mcs_templates.zip to archive
4. Deploy ntservices_mcs_templates 3.40 to primary hub
5. run activate_template callback to move to 2.34
6. Verify 2.34 is now the production template for Windows Services with the following SQL query
   
   SELECT *  FROM [CA_UIM].[dbo].[SSRV2Template]  where probe = 'ntservices' and production = 1

Complete Upgrade to UIM 9.2.0

1. download ntservices probe 3.42 to archive
2. download ntservices_mcs_templates 3.43 to archive
3. deploy ntservices_mcs_templates 3.43 to primary hub
4. activate template package as per Migrating and Converting Existing Profiles
5. Enhance the legacy profile as per Migrating and Converting Existing Profiles