Upgrading from version 5.3.x or 6.0.x or 7.0.x to 7.0.x
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On a high level the upgrade process can be seen as:
- Stop your Dbvisit Standby schedules on all systems
- Stop Dbvserver (GUI) if you are using it
- Stop Dbvnet (Dbvisit Networking)
- Download and Install the new Dbvisit Standby version 7 (making sure you select the previous versions, installation directory during installation)
Note that during the installation process if you are upgrading a previous installation, you must select the previous installation base directory for the DBVISIT_BASE.
Example, if you have Dbvisit Standby version 6 installed in /usr/local/dbvisit then you have to install version 7 in the same location.
During the installation, the version 6 DDC files located in DBVISIT_BASE/standby directory (example /usr/local/dbvisit/standby/dbv_PROD.env) will be upgraded to version 7 DDC files and will be copied to the new conf directory under the standby sub directory (example /usr/local/dbvisit/standby/conf/dbv_PROD.env) - Update the Dbvisit Standby Repository
- Update the Dbvisit Standby Configuration files (Optional if you want to edit parameters as part of the upgrade)
- Remove any old temporary files (*.dbv) that might be located in the DBVISIT_BASE/standby/tmp directory (example /usr/dbvisit/standby/tmp/)
- Start Dbvserver and Dbvnet if you did not select the auto start during the installation of the new software
- Start your Dbvisit Standby schedules
The next section will provide a more detail overview of the upgrade steps .to follow:
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In Dbvisit Standby version 7 the Archive logs are renamed when they are copied to the standby server (in the Dbvisit ARCHDEST location). Before upgrading, make sure the standby have already applied all the archive logs that was available in the Dbvisit standby ARCHDEST. New archive logs in this location will have the new naming convention.
<thread>_<sequence>_<resetlogs_id><STANDBY_ARCHIVELOG_NAME_EXTENSION>
Where STANDBY_ARCHIVELOG_NAME_EXTENSION defaults to .arc Example: 1_45628_ 812975118.arc |
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- To update the Dbvisit Database Configuration (DDC) file go to Home > Setup > Update Dbvisit > Update Configuration > select Database from drop-down menu and click Save Configuration.
Using CLI to update DDC
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- To update the Dbvisit Database Repository (DDR) file go to Home > Setup > Update Dbvisit > Manage Dbvisit Repository > select Database from drop-down menu and click Check Dbvisit Repository.
- If the DDR needs to be upgraded, select Upgrade Dbvisit Repository
- Repeat upgrade of DDC and DDR for all databases on this primary server.
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