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5 Respond to the script prompts.
The script checks the vCenter Server version, database type, VMware vCenter Update Manager
configuration (if installed), and Orchestrator configuration to determine whether they are compatible with
the data migration tool.
6 Check \logs\backup.log in the datamigration folder for errors.
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If you find no errors, the data backup was successful.
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If you find errors, correct the source of the error and rerun backup.bat.
The existing Orchestrator configuration is successfully exported. The file that stores the system settings is
named vco.backup.vmoconfig and is located in the datamigration\data\vco folder.
What to do next
Back up any standard Orchestrator elements that you modified. During the database upgrade, elements with
a higher version number silently overwrite the existing elements. See “Back Up Modified and Custom
Orchestrator Elements,” on page 33.
Back Up Modified and Custom Orchestrator Elements
When you upgrade Orchestrator, elements with a higher version number silently overwrite the elements stored
in the Orchestrator database.
For example, if you have edited any standard workflows, actions, policies, Web views, or configuration
elements and you import a package containing the same elements with a higher version number, your changes
to the elements are lost. To make modified and custom elements available after the upgrade, you must export
them in a package before you start the upgrade procedure.
Procedure
1 Log in to the Orchestrator client application.
2 Create a package that contains all the Orchestrator elements that you created or edited.
a In the Orchestrator client, click the Packages view.
b Click the menu button in the title bar of the Packages list and select Add package.
c Name the new package and click OK.
The syntax for package names is domain.your_company . folder . package_name . For example,
com.vmware.myfolder.mypackage.
d Right-click the package and select Edit.
e Add a description for the package in the General tab.
f From the Workflows tab add workflows to the package.
g (Optional) Click the Policies, Actions, Web View, Configurations, Resources, and Used Plug-Ins
tabs to add policy templates, actions, Web views, configuration elements, resource elements, and
plug-ins to the package.
3 Export the package.
a Right-click the package to export and select Export package.
b Browse to select a location in which to save the package and click Open.
c (Optional) Sign the package with a specific certificate.
d (Optional) Impose restrictions on the exported package.
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