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Table Of Contents
- VMware View Upgrades
- Contents
- VMware View Upgrades
- VMware View Component Compatibility Matrix
- VMware View Upgrade Overview
- System Requirements for Upgrades
- View Connection Server Requirements
- View Transfer Server Requirements
- View Composer Requirements
- View Administrator Requirements
- Supported Operating Systems for Windows-Based View Client and View Client with Local Mode
- Hardware Requirements for Local Mode Desktops
- Client Browser Requirements for View Portal
- Supported Operating Systems for View Agent
- Preparing for a VMware View Upgrade
- Upgrading VMware View Server Components
- Upgrading ESX/ESXi Hosts and Virtual Machines
- Upgrading VMware View Desktops and Clients
- Applying VMware View Patches
- Upgrading vSphere Components Separately in a VMware View Environment
- Index
4 Enter the command to start the VMware View Composer service.
net start svid
A complete log of the upgrade process is created.
Option Description
Windows Server 2003
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\VMware\View Composer\Logs\vmware-sviconfig.log
Windows Server 2008
C:\Users\All Users\VMware\View Composer\vmware-sviconfig.log
What to do next
If the database upgrade fails, see “Troubleshooting a View Composer Database Upgrade Failure,” on
page 34.
If the result code is any number other than 0, which means success, see “Result Codes for a Manual Database
Schema Update,” on page 34.
Result Codes for a Manual Database Schema Update
When you manually upgrade the View Composer database, the sviconfig databaseupgrade command
displays a result code.
Table 5-1 shows the sviconfig databaseupgrade result codes.
Table 5-1. Result Codes for the databaseupgrade Command
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 arose and the command failed to complete.
14 Another application is using the View Composer service. Shut down the service before executing the
command.
15 A problem arose during the restore process. Details are provided in the onscreen log output.
17 Unable to upgrade the database data.
18 Unable to connect to the database server.
Troubleshooting a View Composer Database Upgrade Failure
When you upgrade the View Composer service with the View Composer installer or run the SviConfig
databaseupgrade command, the operation might fail to upgrade the View Composer database.
Problem
The SviConfig databaseupgrade operation displays error code 17, or the View Composer installer displays a
warning message.
Database upgrade completed with warnings
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