Migrating WS_FTP to a Failover Cluster

When moving WS_FTP Server from a standalone server to a failover cluster environment, you should install and configure a fresh WS_FTP Server failover cluster and then migrate the WS_FTP Server configuration data to the new installation. Make sure you completely configure the nodes and external resources before you begin migrating your data.

Note: Make sure that you upgrade your standalone WS_FTP installation to 2018, or later before migrating to the failover cluster. See Upgrading from previous WS_FTP Server versions for more information.

To migrate WS_FTP to a failover cluster:

  1. Migrate the WS_FTP configuration database from the standalone server to a remote Microsoft SQL Server database.
  2. Install and configure WS_FTP on both nodes.
  3. Copy Progress registry settings from the standalone server to both nodes via the included registry copy script.

After migrating the WS_FTP data, you can continue configuring your clusters.

Note: If you want to roll-back to a non-failover WS_FTP Server deployment, you can shut down the cluster, migrate the WS_FTP Server configuration data to the standalone system, and then bring the standalone server online.