Checking The Status Of The External Database Load Process; Upgrading The External Database; Upgrading For Ms Sql - VMware VCENTER APPLICATION DISCOVERY MANAGER 6.1 - REPOSITORY Reference Manual

ADM Repository Reference Guide

Checking the Status of the External Database Load Process

Use the following log files to check the status of the load process to the external database:
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For Oracle, check: /
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For MS‐SQL, check:

Upgrading the External Database

I The upgrade process requires a complete uninstall of the existing database version and an
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installation of the new database version.
Perform the following steps to upgrade the external database.

Upgrading for MS SQL

When upgrading the external database for MS SQL:
1 Optionally, record the Scheduled Task configuration:
a From the Windows Start menu, navigate to Setting > Control Panel > Scheduled tasks and open the
sync_adm_olap task.
b Record the configuration for later use.
2 Delete the sync_adm_olap task.
a From the Windows Start menu, navigate to Setting > Control Panel > Scheduled tasks and open the
sync_adm_olap task.
b Right‐click the sync_adm_olap task and click Delete.
3 Ensure that synchronization is not currently running as follows:
a Log in to the ADM Console as admin user.
b From the ADM Console, navigate to Connectors > Reports > External Reports Scheme Integration
Status.
c If Synchronization Status indicates synchronization in progress, wait till it completes and then
proceed with the upgrade.
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once you perform a full synchronization after the upgrade is complete.
Ensure that SQL scripts are associated with SQL Server Management Studio before continuing.
4 Execute the following SQL scripts located in the adm_olap/scheme/sqlserver folder using the
user/password adm_olap/adm_olap (To execute, double‐click the script):
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drop_constraints.sql
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truncate_data.sql
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drop_tables.sql
5 Execute the following SQL scripts located in the adm_olap/scheme/sqlserver folder using a user with
administrator permissions (To execute, double‐click the script):
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drop_olap_schema.sql
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drop_database.sql
6 Backup the old adm_olap folder that includes the sync.properties and sqlserver.properties files
(It contains your configuration settings).
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unzip_path
/adm_olap/load/oracle/log
unzip_path \adm_olap\load\sqlserver\log
The following step clears the data in the external report database. The data is recovered
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