the way I did it:
- Get SQL Backup on main SQL Server and restore it on the new Server
- Get the installation kit for your Aras Innovator version from Aras FTP
- Copy Vault Storage ( try to keep the same path . e.g. "D:\Vault\myInnovator")
- Install the Aras Innovator on the new server. Note - try to keep the same installation Path if possible ( you'll have a less modification in config files ). Also if possible to repeat the same password for certifactes" which has been used in original installation (usually you can find in in Oauth.{ModuleName}.config file).
- When installing Aras, at the step of DB server configuration - choose "existing DB" which is newly restored DB.
- At this point you should be able connect to your server at least as "admin" account on localhost.
- Copy Code Tree ( the full folder from your previous location) - preferably use 7zip
- Unzip Code Tree on temp location of the new server. Go to every folder and delete the folders named "App_Data" which will be present for every module (even in the Innovator\Client and Innovator\Server) . This is where security certificates are stored, and it will be created on standard installation.
- After the cleanup - Copy with replacement the code tree to the new location.
- Check all the config files on having obsolete paths. restart IIS
- Test :)
Basically that's it.. It takes like 2 hours usually.
But again - it's only when you need to move the same solution from one server to another. If it comes to the version upgrade, things are a bit more complicated.
