There is no direct upgrade from DPA 5.x to DPA 6. In order to upgrade to version 6.0, the DPA server must be running DPA 5.5.1 before migrating to 6. There is a standalone tool that will migrate from 5->6, but this needs to be run on a separate server. Do not install version 6 on a server running version 5.x due to port conflicts. During migration, both the existing and new servers need to be online, and the 5.x server remains fully functional during migration. Components that will not migrate are any analysis rules and old maintenance plans. These must be recreated.
DPA should only be installed on a dedicated server due to memory utilization adn page swapping.
Plan to include maintenance schedules to age off data and to backup regularly. This backup can be exported or taken off to a flat file.
Be careful when implementing a proof-of-concept, as these systems are often over-extended and it will likely end up in production.
There are command-line tools for exporting and importing the data. Agents can be installed silently using SMS and an answer file. Hosts can also be imported using a CSV file.
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