Minimizing Zabbix Server OS/DB maintenance

[cvhelp]

Hello fellow Zabbix admins,
We currently have only one Zabbix server and need to perform a database migration to a new DBMS server.
This means that will need to shutdown monitoring for a considerate period of time and we want to avoid it as much as possible.

So we thought about adding a Zabbix proxy that would monitor all hosts whilst we bring down the server, something like:

1. configure a new Zabbix proxy and point it to a fresh DB on the new DBMS server
2. configure proxy to do all the checks and report back to main server every hour
3. shutdown zabbix server, and migrate DB to the new DBMS server as well (proxy should continue monitoring)
4. after migrating the DB, point Zabbix to the new one and start Zabbix server again
5. proxy should relay all it's data to the Zabbix server

Any feedback is welcome
Thank you.

Cheers!

[cvhelp]

Hello again,
Anyone has thoughts on this ?
Thank you.

Cheers!