SIM 5 server replacement

[Martin Paré]

I recently installed SIM 5.0 on a test server and want to move the installation to a new server but keep the original database. I do it according to the documentation: I install hpsim 5 on my new server and then I point my ODBC connections to the old database but the server is somehow still linked the new database.
What I wanted to know is where can I configure the connection to the database, other than the ODBC connection?

Thanks

[Aravindh Rajaram]

The document available at the following link has the step by step procedure that helps you in acheiving your goal

http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/misc/hpsim-helpfiles/hpsim_5_migratingNewSystem.pdf

[Martin Paré]

In fact I read that document and did everything in it but I didn't copy the globalsettings.props and nodesecurity.xml because I didn't have valuable config to transfer. I just wanted to have a link to the right database so that I didn't have to rediscover all my servers. Is the database connection config in those XML file also because I changed the ODBC connections and it didn't do anything.

[Aravindh Rajaram · Accepted solution]

If that is the purpose then after editing the ODBC connectors, editing the files named database.props and database.admin appropriately and then restarting the service should do.

[Martin Paré]

Thanks, you solved my problem. But just for my comprehension, what is the ODBC connection for then???

[Aravindh Rajaram]

I think that the ODBC connection that is getting created is mainly for the plug-ins (HP Virtual Machine Management, HP Vulnerability and Patch Management etc.,) to work along with HPSIM 5.0.

[Martin Paré]

Thanks