Moving clients from old GSS server to new GSS server

Products

• Ghost Solution Suite

Issue/Introduction

Guidance on how to move clients from an old active GSS server to a new GSS server 

Environment

GSS 3.x

Resolution

In order to move clients from an old production GSS server to a new GSS server please follow these steps:

• From old GSS server open the GSS console
• From the left upper column under Computers, right-click on either All Computers, an OU group, or an individual computer and go to Change Agent Settings > Production Agent

Note:
As well don't forget to open the proper firewall ports on the new GSS server so the client machines can communicate back:
169520 "TCP/UDP ports required in Ghost Solution Suite 3.X"

 

Additional Information

Then from the Production Agent Settings Screen under Server Connection change the Address/Host to the IP address of the new GSS server as shown here:

• Then click 'OK'
• If the computes are in an OU group it may be best to perform the above steps on each OU Group . When all the clients are on the new GSS server create the OU group and move the computers to that OU
• When all clients are moved to the new GSS system you can shutdown the old GSS server or disable the GSS services

NOTE: In some cases the agent will come in as New_Computer on the new GSS server. This is caused by a registry issue. See this document on the issue and how to resolve: https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleId=261631