Chapter 5 Upgrading VMware View Server Components
Prerequisites Back up the View Composer database. For instructions, see the documentation for your database server. Procedure 1
On the vCenter Server virtual or physical machine, open a Windows command prompt and navigate to the SviConfig executable file. The file is located with the View Composer application.
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Action
32-bit Windows
Navigate to C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware View Composer\sviconfig.exe.
64-bit Windows
Navigate to C:\Program Files (86)\VMware\VMware View Composer\sviconfig.exe.
Enter the command to stop the VMware View Composer service. net stop svid
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Run the SviConfig databaseupgrade command. sviconfig -operation=databaseupgrade -DsnName=<target database source name (DSN)> -Username=<database administrator username> -Password=<database administrator password>
For example: sviconfig -operation=databaseupgrade -dsnname=LinkedClone -username=Admin -password=Pass
A successful operation displays output that shows the upgrade steps. Establishing database connection. Database connection established successfully. Upgrading database. Load data from SVI_VC_CONFIG_ENTRY table. Update SVI_DEPLOYMENT_GROUP table. Update SVI_REPLICA table. Update SVI_SIM_CLONE table. SviConfig finished successfully. Database is upgraded successfully.
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Enter the command to start the VMware View Composer service. net start svid
A complete log of the upgrade process is created. Option
Description
Windows Server 2003
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\View Composer\Logs\vmware-sviconfig.log
Windows Server 2008
C:\Users\All Users\VMware\View Composer\vmware-sviconfig.log
What to do next If the database upgrade fails, see â&#x20AC;&#x153;Troubleshooting a View Composer Database Upgrade Failure,â&#x20AC;? on page 34.
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