Owner's Manual

282 Utilities in Dell OpenManage IT Assistant

Database Management Utility

The Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Database Management Utility has two

implementations: a graphical user interface (GUI) and a command line

interface (CLI). Both versions of the utility allow users to perform operations

on databases and tables that reside in the IT Assistant data repository.

NOTE: The IT Assistant 6.x database schema is not directly compatible with the

IT Assistant 7.x database schema. Only certain tables in the IT Assistant 6.x

database schema will be migrated, such as discovery configuration, global

configuration, and alert action tables. The database schema can only be migrated

during an upgrade of IT Assistant.

NOTE: IT Assistant does not support a direct upgrade from version 6.x to

version 8.3. You will be required to first upgrade to IT Assistant version 7.0 and

then to version 8.3.

You must start the GUI version of the Database Management Utility

separately from IT Assistant. When you start the utility, a window opens that

contains database and table management functions. The command line

application performs the functions of the GUI utility along with a few others.

Using the Command Line Database Management Utility

At a command prompt, change directory to \Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\IT

Assistant\bin.

Ty p e dcdbmng followed by a switch that specifies the command you want.

To see a list of valid switches, type:

dcdbmng /h

dcdbmng /H

dcdbmng /?

NOTE: Type a space between the dcdbmng command and the / (forward slash).