Administration

Procedure
1 Copy the View Composer backup files from the Connection Server computer to a location
that is accessible from the computer where the VMware Horizon View Composer service is
installed.
2 On the computer where View Composer is installed, stop the VMware Horizon View Composer
service.
3 Open a Windows command prompt and navigate to the SviConfig executable file.
The file is located with the View Composer application. The default path is C:\Program Files
(x86)\VMware\VMware View Composer\sviconfig.exe.
4 Run the SviConfig restoredata command.
sviconfig -operation=restoredata
-DsnName=target_database_source_name_(DSN)
-Username=database_administrator_username
-Password=database_administrator_password
-BackupFilePath=path_to_View_Composer_backup_file
For example:
sviconfig -operation=restoredata -dsnname=LinkedClone
-username=Admin -password=Pass
-backupfilepath="C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware View
Composer\Backup-20090304000010-foobar_test_org.SVI"
5 Start the VMware Horizon View Composer service.
What to do next
For output result codes for the SviConfig restoredata command, see Result Codes for
Restoring the View Composer Database.
Result Codes for Restoring the View Composer Database
When you restore a View Composer database, the SviConfig restoredata command displays a
result code.
Table 8-2. Restoredata Result Codes
Code Description
0 The operation ended successfully.
1 The supplied DSN could not be found.
2 Invalid database administrator credentials were provided.
3 The driver for the database is not supported.
4 An unexpected problem occurred and the command failed to complete.
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