HP StorageWorks XP Command View Advanced Edition software Device Manager server installation and configuration guide (web version) (T1780-96078, March 2008)

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CD C:\Program Files\CVXPAE\Base\bin
hcmdsdb /restore C:\TMP\backup\database\backup.hdb /type ALL
Figure 3-2 Sample batch command restoring database
3-7-3 Migrating the server database
If XP Command View AE Suite is used for an extended period of time, you may need a higher
performance machine in order to accommodate product version upgrades and the increased
number of objects to be managed. If this occurs, database migration will be one important
component of the machine replacement process. In XP Command View AE Suite products, you can
migrate the database by using the hcmdsdbtrans command. The hcmdsdbtrans command
migrates all information stored in the database of each XP Command View AE Suite product as well
as user information managed by the Common Component.
You can use the hcmdsdbtrans command to migrate the Device Manager database to a machine
that has a different environment than the currently operating server machine, as shown in the
following cases:
• Migration to a different platform machine.
• Migration to a machine on which the installation locations for XP Command View AE Suite are
different from the ones on the migration source.
• Migration to a machine on which the versions of XP Command View AE Suite are newer than
the ones on the migration source.
3-7-3-1 Notes when migrating the database
The following are notes for the databases, types, versions, and user information of the XP
Command View AE Suite on the migration source and migration destination servers.
Notes for databases, types, and versions of the XP Command View AE Suite products:
• The database of an XP Command View AE Suite product that is not installed on the migration
destination server cannot be migrated. Install all necessary XP Command View AE Suite
products on the migration destination server.
• If a storage subsystem that is not supported on the migration destination server is registered in
the database of Device Manager installed on the migration source server, before migration,
delete the storage subsystem that is not supported on the migration destination server.
• If any of the versions of the XP Command View AE Suite installed on the migration destination
server is older than the ones on the migration source server, the database cannot be migrated.
On the migration destination server, install the XP Command View AE Suite products whose
versions are the same as or higher than the ones on the migration source server.
• The database of XP Replication Monitor version 1.1 cannot be migrated. If you need to migrate
the database of XP Replication Monitor version 1.1, upgrade XP Replication Monitor to version
5.0 or later on both the migration source and destination servers beforehand.
Notes for user information:
• If there is user information on the migration destination server, this user information will be
replaced with the user information from the migration source server. Therefore, do not perform
a migration to the machine on which user information for the XP Command View AE Suite
already exists.
• If the databases of several XP Command View AE Suite products installed on a management
server are migrated in multiple operations, the user information is replaced with new
information at each operation, and eventually only the user information for the products
migrated during the last operation will remain. When you perform migration for multiple
products, be sure to migrate the databases in one operation so that user information for every
products can be migrated.