- Stop the ADAudit Plus server (Start → Run → type services.msc → Stop "ManageEngine ADAudit Plus" ).
- Stop the DB,
Open a command prompt as an administrator
Navigate to <installation dir>\ManageEngine\ADAudit Plus\bin
Execute StopDB.bat - Remove the ADAudit Plus service,
Open a command prompt as an administrator
Navigate to <installation dir>\ManageEngine\ADAudit Plus\bin
Execute the command : wrapper.exe -r ..\conf\wrapper.conf
Note: The 4th step found below, is required only for build numbers 6000 and above. - Remove the ADAudit Plus - DataEngine service,
Open a command prompt as an administrator
Navigate to <installation dir>\ManageEngine\ADAudit Plus\apps\dataengine-xnode\bin
Execute the command : dataengine-xnode.bat -r - Copy the entire ADAudit Plus folder to the new server or drive.
- Ensure both folder sizes are the same.
- Open the command prompt [with Administrative privileges] <installation-directory>\ManageEngine\ADAudit Plus\bin → Execute InstallNTService.bat.</installation-directory>
- Open the command prompt [as an administrator]\ManageEngine\ADAudit Plus\bin → Execute initPgsql.bat.
- If you want to start the product as service, go to Services.msc → 'ManageEngine ADAudit Plus' Service → Right click on properties → Click on 'Log on' tab and select 'This Account' → Provide the suitable credentials.
Note: If you are using MS SQL server as your database and if the MS SQL server is running in a remote computer- Download and install SQL native client, command line utilities, and ODBC Driver; in the computer on which ADAudit Plus is running.
| SQL Server version | Command Line Utilities (cmdlnutils) | Native Client (ncli) | ODBC Driver (odbc) |
| 2008 | https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=44272 | https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=44272 | Not needed. |
| 2012 | https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=36433 | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=50402 | Not needed. |
| 2014 | https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=53164 | Not needed. | https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=36434 |
| 2016, 2017, and 2019 | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=56833 | Not needed. | https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=56833 |
Note: Native client, command line
utilities, and ODBC driver versions have to be the same as the MS SQL
version (to which the DB and/or data is to be moved).
Note: If you want to change the location of the archived files as well, kindly contact support.
