Upgrade Database Settings

Use the Upgrade Database Settings operation to update Site databases created with previous versions of Vector Asset Management to work with the currently installed version.

To update this Site database:

1    In the Site Management folder, click the Upgrade Database Settings operation. The Vector Database Upgrade dialog is displayed.

2    Choose the components you want to upgrade. Select:

Operations To add new operations to the Site, and to update existing operations to the new standard. The following rules apply:

    New operations created by users and customized operations are not changed.

    To allow existing jobs to continue, schedulable operations are not removed. However, the new equivalents are added to the Site.

    Operations that are not upgraded are displayed only in the All Operations folder and use the new standard icons for their operation type.

Groups To add new dynamic groups to the Site. Existing groups are not affected.

Distribution Package Definitions To import package definitions for use with software distributions.

Software Inventory Rules To import new application definitions for use with software inventory operations. You are prompted before any updates to existing rules are applied so you can preserve any changes you have made.

3    Click Upgrade to update your database.

For more information on updating an installation, refer to the Users manual.