20.4 Reverting to the ZENworks Sybase Database from the ZENworks Oracle Database

ZENworks 11 SP4 allows you migrate the data from an internal or external Sybase database to an Oracle database installed on a device that does not have ZENworks 11 SP4 installed.You can revert to ZENworks Sybase database at a later time if you have retained the ZENworks Sybase database files after migrating the data to Oracle.

To revert to ZENworks Sybase database, perform the following tasks:

  1. On the device where you run the migration utility, rename the following files:

    • zdm.xml.bak to zdm.xml
    • dmaccounts.properties.bak to dmaccounts.properties
    • dmmappings.properties.bak to dmmappings.properties

    The files are located in the ZENworks_installation_path\conf\datamodel directory on Windows and in the /etc/opt/novell/zenworks/datamodel directory on Linux.

  2. Restart the ZENworks Services on the ZENworks Servers in the Management Zone.

    • On Windows: Do the following

      1. Execute the following command at the server prompt:

        novell-zenworks-configure -c Start

      2. Enter the number next to the Restart action.

    • On Linux: Do the following:

      1. Execute the following command at the server prompt:

        /opt/novell/zenworks/bin/novell-zenworks-configure -c Start

      2. Enter the number next to the Restart action.