### Prepare the new system

On the new system, prepare for transferring the configuration by completing the following steps:

Distributed System Note: Stop the services on the Application Server.

1. Close all PME applications and use the Windows Services application to stop the following services on the Application Server (there are no PME services running on the Database Server):
   - ApplicationModules AlarmServiceHost
   - ApplicationModules CoreServicesHost
   - ApplicationModules DataServicesHost
   - ApplicationModules ProviderEngineHost
   - ION Alert Monitor
   - ION Component Identifier Service
   - ION Connection Management Service
   - ION Diagnostics And Usage
   - ION Event Watcher Service
   - ION Log Inserter Service * (Disable the ION Log Inserter Service after stopping it. See * below.)
   - ION Managed Circuit Service
   - ION Network Router Service
   - ION OPC Data Access Server
   - ION PQDIF Exporter Service
   - ION Query Service
   - ION Real Time Data Service
   - ION Report Subscription Service
   - ION Site Service
   - ION Software Alarm Service
   - ION Software Modbus Gateway Service
   - ION Virtual Processor Service
   - ION Virtual Processor Service -NVIP.PQADVISOR
   - ION XML Subscription Service
   - ION XML Subscription Store Service

IMPORTANT NOTES:

- * If this service starts accidentally before all changes are made, the database may become inoperable, a state from which it is difficult to recover.
- Ensure all services are stopped before proceeding.
- Some services may have Startup Type set to Manual and may not be running.
- ION services automatically restart when the computer is rebooted.
- Until the PME installer automatically starts all the necessary ION services as part of the upgrade configuration, the ION services must remain stopped.