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Disconnect all HMI’s and OPC Clients from ACM to prevent asiData from being restarted
Disable Stop all ACM services in the ACM Monitor on the Status tab.
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Exit ACM Monitor from the Task Tray by right clicking the ACM Monitor icon and selecting “Exit”.
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Step 2: Move the ACM SQL Database
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Open SSMS
Right-click the ACM database you plan to upgrade
Select “Tasks-> Back Up”
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Unless the destination file you wish to back up to is already listed, “Remove” any you don’t wish to use, and click “Add” to add the new one.
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b. Copy the database to the new server
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To restore the database on the new server in SSMS, right-click on the databases folder and select “Restore Database”.
Select “Device” and click on the ellipsis next to the device field.
Click “Add”:
Navigate to the location to which you saved the back up in Step 32a.
Select the database that you would like to restore and complete the prompts.
Step 3: Update the ACM Monitor Database Connection
Open ACM Monitor, select “Database” and then click the “Manage Database” button.
On the ACM Database Connection form, update the configuration settings.
If you need to upgrade the database, move to step 6, otherwise click “OK” and move to step 7.
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If you need to upgrade the ACM database after migrating it to the new server, click the “Create/Update Database” button.
The database wizard will open using the connection settings you just entered. If this user has adequate database server permissions, click “Next”, otherwise change the user to one with permission to modify the database and then click “Next”.
Select Update existing database and click “Next”
The following form loads with the already saved values - the same as are seen in the $Server object. Change them if you wish to and then click “Next”.
Click “Finish” to upgrade the database.
When it reports success, click “Done”.
