Moving the VMware Dynamic Environment Manager Config share and Profile Archive share to the new server location

Products

• VMware Horizon 8

Issue/Introduction

This article provides steps to move the VMware  Dynamic  Environment Manager (DEM) Config share and Profile Archive share to the new server location.

Resolution

Moving the DEM Config share

Note: These steps must be performed outside Production/Office hours, preferably in a maintenance window.

1. Copy the current UEM Config folder to the new server.
2. Stop sharing the UEM Config share on the old server and share it on the new server with the same name.
3. Install the UEM Management Console on new server and point it to the newly created share.
4. Please edit group policy template in Active Directory and make sure that the Flex config files policy setting points to the new server location of the UEM Config share.

Note: This procedure maintains your current name of the UEM Config share.

Moving the DEM Profile Archive share

1. Copy the current UEM Archive share to the new server.
2. Stop sharing the UEM Archive share on the old server and share it on the new server with the same name.
3. Edit group policy template in Active Directory and ensure that these policies point to the new server location of the UEM Profile Archive share:
   • Profile archives
   • Profile archive backups
   • FlexEngine logging

Additional Information

Page last Reviewed: 12/30/2022
Next Review Due: 12/30/2024