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  • Introduction
  • Daily Use
  • System Administration
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  2. System Administration

    This section, intended mainly for M-Files system administrators, explains how to manage, maintain, and configure the M-Files system.

  3. Configuring M-Files
  4. Intelligent Metadata Layer
  5. Connection to On-Premises Data with M-Files Ground Link
  6. Changing the Location of Ground Link Proxy Services
  • System Administration

    This section, intended mainly for M-Files system administrators, explains how to manage, maintain, and configure the M-Files system.

    • Setting Up and Maintaining M-Files
    • Configuring M-Files
      • Editing the Vault Metadata Structure
      • Managing Users and User Groups
      • Configuring Workflows
      • Named Access Control Lists
      • Installing and Managing Vault Applications
      • Using the Configurations Editor
      • Editing Notification Settings in M-Files Admin
      • Setting Up Web and Mobile Access to M-Files
      • Publishing Vault Content with Classic M-Files Web
      • Reporting and Data Export
      • Event Handlers and Scripts
      • Intelligent Metadata Layer
        • Intelligence Services
        • Connectors
        • Connection to On-Premises Data with M-Files Ground Link
          • Setting up M-Files Ground Link
          • Backing Up and Restoring a Ground Link Proxy
          • Migrating the Ground Link Proxy Database to Microsoft SQL Server
          • Disabling the Ground Link Connection
          • Changing the Location of a Repository Connection
          • Changing the Location of Ground Link Proxy Services
      • Customizing Server and Vault Behavior

Changing the Location of Ground Link Proxy Services

You can back up and restore a Ground Link proxy to:
  • Move a Ground Link proxy to another server.
  • Move Ground Link proxy services to a new Ground Link proxy.

This section tells you how to complete these operations.

Note: Other use cases can have unwanted effects.

Moving a Ground Link Proxy to Another Server

Before you restore the Ground Link proxy on the new server, make sure that the Ground Link proxy is offline.

To move a Ground Link proxy to another server:

  1. In M-Files Admin, back up a Ground Link proxy.
  2. In the left-side tree view, right-click the Ground Link proxy.
  3. Click Take Offline.
  4. Restore the Ground Link proxy on the new server.
  5. Optional: To destroy the original Ground Link proxy, right-click the Ground Link proxy on the old server and select Operations > Destroy from the context menu.
    1. In the warning dialog that is opened, click Yes to close the dialog and destroy the Ground Link proxy.

Moving Ground Link Proxy Services to a New Ground Link Proxy

Before you enable the restored Ground Link proxy, uninstall the unnecessary applications from the two Ground Link proxies.

To move some Ground Link proxy services with all their connections to a new Ground Link proxy:

  1. In M-Files Admin, disable a Ground Link proxy.
    1. Open M-Files Admin.
    2. In the left-side tree view, expand an M-Files server connection.
    3. Expand Ground Link Proxies and select a Ground Link proxy.
    4. Open the Configuration tab.
    5. Set Enabled to No.
    6. Click Save.
  2. Back up the Ground Link proxy.
  3. Enable the Ground Link proxy.
    1. In the left-side tree view, select the Ground Link proxy.
    2. Open the Configuration tab.
    3. Set Enabled to Yes.
    4. Click Save.
  4. Restore the Ground Link proxy as a different Ground Link proxy (new identity).
  5. Uninstall those applications from the original Ground Link proxy that you want to move to the restored Ground Link proxy.
    For more information, see Installing and Managing Vault Applications.
  6. Uninstall those applications from the restored Ground Link proxy that you do not want to move to the restored Ground Link proxy.
    For more information, see Installing and Managing Vault Applications.
  7. Enable the restored Ground Link proxy.
    1. In the left-side tree view, select the Ground Link proxy.
    2. Open the Configuration tab.
    3. Set Enabled to Yes.
    4. Click Save.
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  • Moving a Ground Link Proxy to Another Server
  • Moving Ground Link Proxy Services to a New Ground Link Proxy
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