Dbvisit dbvagentmanager and dbvcontrol components are configured automatically during the installation based on your answers to the requested prompts. And by default, there’s no further configuration action required after the installation.

But if required, it is possible to change any parameter for dbvagentmanager and dbvcontrol post the installation. To change any parameter you always need to:

change the dbvagentmanager or dbvcontrol configuration file
restart related component (see Starting and Stopping )

1. Dbvagentmanager Configuration file

1.1 Dbvagentmanager configuration file Location

Dbvagentmanager configuration file is located on Linux (location with default Dbvisit Base):

/usr/dbvisit/standbymp/conf/dbvagentmanager.ini

On Windows:

C:\Program Files\Dbvisit\standbymp\conf\dbvagentmanager.ini

1.2 Dbvagentmanager configuration file Parameters

Complete set of parameters with description is:

[Installation]
#DatabaseDirectory: directory where dbvagentmanager repository files are located
DatabaseDirectory       = /usr/dbvisit/standbymp/db 
#LogDirectory: directory where dbvagentmanager logs and traces are located
LogDirectory            = /usr/dbvisit/standbymp/log 
#SupportPackageDirectory: directory where support packages are located (valid for postgres and SQL Server only)
SupportPackageDirectory = /usr/dbvisit/standbymp/support 

[Config]
#FileTransferListenAddress: if no value is specified, dbvagentmanager listens on all NICs. Single hostname can be specified to limit listening to one NIC only.
FileTransferListenAddress = 
#FileTransferListenPort: default port on which synchonization related files are transferred
FileTransferListenPort    = 7890
#RepoHouseKeepingDays: amount of days for which the records are kept in dbvagentmanager repository files 
RepoHouseKeepingDays      = 60 
#NatsAddress: hostmame of dbvcontrol machine
NatsAddress               = czlin0232
#NatsPort: dbvcontrol communication port  
NatsPort                  = 5533 
#HostAddress: hostname as which dbvagentmanager appears in dbvcontrol dashboard
HostAddress               = czlin0231 
#DefaultBackupDir: default directory for SQL Server backup files
DefaultBackupDir          = /usr/dbvisit/standbymp/backup

2. Dbvcontrol Configuration file

2.1 Dbvcontrol configuration file location

Dbvcontrol configuration file is located on Linux (location with default Dbvisit Base):

/usr/dbvisit/standbymp/conf/dbvcontrol.ini

On Windows:

C:\Program Files\Dbvisit\standbymp\conf\dbvcontrol.ini

2.2 Dbvcontrol configuration file Parameters

Complete set of parameters with description is:

[Installation]
#DatabaseDirectory: directory where dbvagentmanager repository files are located
DatabaseDirectory       = /usr/dbvisit/standbymp/db
#LogDirectory: directory where dbvagentmanager logs and traces are located
LogDirectory            = /usr/dbvisit/standbymp/log
#SupportPackageDirectory: directory where support packages downloaded from GUI are located
SupportPackageDirectory = /usr/dbvisit/standbymp/support

[Config]
# NatsAddress: if no value is specified, dbvcontrol listens on all NICs. Single hostname can be specified to limit listening to one NIC only.
*.NatsAddress          =
# NatsPort: port which is used for incoming communication from dbvagentmanagers 
*.NatsPort             = 5533
# Gui.WebListenAddress: if no value is specified, dbvcontrol listens on all NICs. Single hostname can be specified to limit listening to one NIC only.
Gui.WebListenAddress   =
# Gui.WebListenPort: port on which webserver is accessible
Gui.WebListenPort      = 4433
# Nats.NatsListenAddress: if no value is specified, dbvcontrol listens on all NICs. Single hostname can be specified to limit listening to one NIC only.
Nats.NatsListenAddress =
# Nats.NatsListenPort: port which is used for incoming communication from dbvagentmanagers
Nats.NatsListenPort    = 5533

if changed from default value (which is “empty”), *.NatsAddress, Gui.WebListenAddress and Nats.NatsListenAddress must contain matching value