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For example:
path_fsdbhomechanger fsdbd-indir -out fsdb_outdir [-o] [-s]
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path_fsdbhomechanger is the path to the .bat or .sh file.
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fsdbd-indir is the path to the source FSDB home directory.
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fsdb_outdir is the path to the output directory for the copied files. If the output directory does not
already exist, FSDBHomeChanger creates it.
The -o option causes FSDBHomeChanger to overwrite files if they already exist in the output directory.
By default, existing files are not overwritten. The -s option puts all data for each resource in a single file
instead of a separate file for each month's data for each resource. Using -s reduces I/O operations, but it
slows the calculation of dynamic thresholds.
3 (Optional) If you are using FSDBHomeChanger after using FSDBCheck, and FSDBCheck corrects any files,
you might want to change the FSDB home directory to the FSDBCheck output directory so that it uses the
corrected files.
For example:
FSDBHomeChanger
homedir -out FSDBCheck_output-dir
In the example, homedir is the currently defined FSDB home directory and FSDBCheck_output_dir is the
output directory from the FSDBCheck command. Because you do not want to overwrite the corrected files
in the new location, do not include the -o option. The example assumes that you are using a Windows
server and that you changed to the directory that contains fsdbhomechanger.bat.
4 Restart the Analytics service.
View Resources in the FSDB
You can use the FSDBReader tool to view resources in the FSDB. FSDBReader takes a data file that contains
metric information for a resource in binary format and generates individual human-readable output files that
contain the data for each metric.
NOTE You cannot use the FSDBReader tool with the vCenter Operations Manager vApp.
Procedure
1 Start FSDBReader.
Option Action
Start FSDBReader on a Windows
host
Open a command prompt and type vcenter-
ops
\tools\FSDBReader\fsdbreader.bat.
Start FSDBReader on a Linux host
Open a terminal window and type vcenter-
ops
/tools/FSDBReader/fsdbreader.sh.
2 Select File > FSDB Root to point the tool to your FSDB.
3 For each FSDB root instance, click Add, browse to your FSDB root directory, and click Open.
The tool reads data from your FSDB.
After you point FSDBReader to your FSDB, the FSDBReader dialog box appears. The FSDBReader dialog box
shows the following information about your FSDB.
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The left column lists all of the resources in the FSDB. The IDs are shown in the ID column of the
Environment Overview page. The ID column is hidden by default.
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The second column lists the metrics for the selected resource.
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