• On-Premises Analytics 2.5.7 for Hyper-V
• 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 Hyper-V
  • Preparing the Windows Server System
  • Creating a Virtual Switch
  • Obtaining the Installation Image
  • Installing On-Premises Analytics on HyperV
  • Configuring On-Premises Analytics on Hyper-V
  • 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 2.5.7
    • Upgrading Analytics with data in external disk
    • Upgrading Analytics with data in internal disk
      • [[[Missing Linked File System.LinkedTitle]]]
    • Converting Additional Data Disk from VHD to VHDX Format
    • 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
    • Expanding Existing 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 2.5.7 VM using latest 2.5.7 VHD file and steps from Installing On-Premises Analytics on HyperV and configure the VM with same IPV4 address as the older Analytics version setup following the steps under Configuring On-Premises Analytics on Hyper-V.

   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 2.5.7 and click Settings.

   

5. Select SCSI Controller and click Add.

6. Navigate to SCSI Controller > Hard Drive. Click Add.

   

7. Click Browse to select the existing hard disk.

   

8. Click OK.

   

9. Right click on Analytics 2.5.7 and click Start to power on the Analytics 2.5.7.

   

10. Navigate to Network Interface. Set the values.

    

11. Navigate to Storage and click enter on Mount storage. On prompting for reboot click Yes.

    When you mount existing hard disk from previous version of analytics you should enter the secret key that was used while mounting disk in previous version of Analytics.

    

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

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