Re-initializing the database – HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual

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Database Maintenance and Management

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Import SE Schema—specifies to import the Storage Essentials data from your database

file.

Import HPSIM Schema—specifies to import the HP System Insight Manager data from your

database file.

3.

Click Import Database in the left pane.

4.

Click the Browse button. Select a database file with a .zip extension to import. Then, click the
Open

button.

The file name is displayed in the Database Admin Utility.

5.

Type the password of the SYSTEM account. Then, click OK. The default password of the SYSTEM

account is the following: manager
You are notified when the database process is complete.

6.

Select Populate Report Cache if you want to refresh the reports cache during the import. Keep

in mind that the amount of time to import the database may increase if you select this option and

the database has a large amount of data for reports. Alternatively you can refresh the report

cache from the management server (Reports > Storage Essentials > Report Configuration

> Report Cache).

7.

Click the Import Database button.

Re-initializing the Database

Keep in mind the following:

Re-initializing the database removes everything from the database. This is not recommended

unless you are sure about what you are doing. It is strongly suggested you export the database

before you re-initialize it. See

Exporting the Database

” on page 208 for more information on

how to save the database.

When you re-initialize the database, all users are logged out of the management server.

Ignore the warning messages in the command prompt window that pops up when the
dbAdmin.bat file is double-clicked. See ”

Warning Messages During Reinitializing the

Database

” on page 215 for more information.

To clear the database:

1.

Access the Database Admin Utility as described in ”

Accessing the Database Admin Utility

” on

page 206.

2.

Select one of the following check boxes depending on the database tables you want to

re-initialize:
• Re-initialize SE Schema—specifies the removal of all data from the Storage Essentials

database tables.

• Re-initialize HPSIM Schema—specifies the removal of all data from the HP System Insight

Manager database tables.

3.

Click Re-initialize Database in the left pane.

4.

Type the password of the SYSTEM account. Then, click OK. The default password of the SYSTEM

account is the following: manager
You are notified when the re-initialization is complete.

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