• On-Premises Analytics 2.5.5 for ESXi
• About this Guide
  • Guide Conventions
• System Requirements
  • Supported Firewalls
  • Additional Firewall Requirements
  • Supported Platforms
  • Hardware Compatibility
  • Minimum Requirements
  • IPFIX Based Licensing Model
  • IPFIX Based Capacity Planning
  • Backup and Recovery Information
  • Importing Firewall Configurations
  • Creating a MySonicWall Account
• Installing On-Premises Analytics on ESXi
  • Obtaining the Installation Image
  • Installing On-Premises Analytics on ESXi
  • Configuring On-Premises Analytics on ESXi
  • Adding Firewalls to On-Premises Analytics
• Licensing and Registering Your On-Premises Analytics Instance
  • Registering the On-Premises Analytics Instance
  • Activating Firewall Licensing for Syslog-Based On-Premises Analytics
  • Deregistering Your On-Premises Analytics Instance
• Upgrading On-Premises Analytics
  • Upgrading Analytics 2.5.5
    • Upgrading Analytics with data in external disk
    • Upgrading Analytics with data in internal disk
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    • Unmounting the Hard Disk from older Analytics Version
    • Mounting the Hard Disk on new Analytics
  • Upgrading Analytics using SWI file
• Migrating Data From Internal to External Disk
  • Preparing the Analytics to Add External Disk
  • Adding External Disk
  • Migrating the Data To External Disk
• Using the Management Console
  • Connecting to the Console
  • Management Console Operations
    • System Info
    • Storage
    • Network Interfaces
    • Diagnostics
    • NTP Server
    • Reboot | Shutdown
    • About
    • Logs
  • Using SafeMode on the Management Console
    • Enabling SafeMode
    • Disabling SafeMode
    • Configuring the Network Interfaces in SafeMode
      • Configuring Interface Settings
      • Disabling an Interface
    • Installing a Software Upgrade in SafeMode
    • Downloading Logs in SafeMode
• SonicWall Support
  • About This Document

Mounting the Hard Disk on new Analytics

To mount the hard disk on new Analytics version

1. Install a fresh Analytics 2.5.5 VM using latest 2.5.5 VHD file and steps from Installing On-Premises Analytics on ESXi and configure the VM with same IPV4 address as the older Analytics version setup following the steps under Configuring On-Premises Analytics on ESXi.

   There will be a downtime while unmounting older version Analytics and mounting new version Analytics.

   

2. Login to the Analytics UI using the IPV4 address, username and password.

3. Navigate to System > Shutdown. Click Shutdown. On prompting for confirmation, click OK.

   

4. Right click on Analytics 2.5.5 instance and click Edit Settings.

   

5. Click ADD NEW DEVICE button on the right corner and select Existing Hard Disk.

   

6. Navigate to the older Analytics VM in the Datastores section. Click OK.

   VMDK files will be named based on the VM name and hard disk with reporting data will be usually named with extension _1.vmdk.

   

7. Power on the Analytics 2.5.5 and mount the storage.

   When you mount a new hard disk in Analytics you need to enter a secret key, which will be same as used in the previous version of Analytics and should be remembered before starting the upgrade procedure.

   

8. Login to the Analytics UI using the IPV4 address, username and password.

9. Navigate to System > Status. The page displays the details of the installed Analytics.