KBI 311245 Argent Move Engine CLI Tool

Version

Argent Advanced Technology all versions

Date

Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Summary

A new tool ‘ARGENT_MOVE_ENGINE_CLI’ has been introduced to perform the following tasks to ensure smooth migration of Argent Advanced Technology Mother Engine to a new server

Update Relators with the new server name
Point Daughter Engines to the new Mother server
Change the backend SQL Server of the Mother Engine, if the database server is migrated

To download ‘ARGENT_MOVE_ENGINE_CLI’ tool:

Technical Background

For a successful migration of Argent Advanced Technology Mother Engine to a new server, run command prompt (cmd) with ‘Run as administrator’ option and execute the ‘ARGENT_MOVE_ENGINE_CLI’ tool with required parameters

Argent Move Engine CLI performs the following operations depending on the parameters supplied

Example Screens Are Shown Below:

Update Relators With New Argent AT Main Engine

ARGENT_MOVE_ENGINE_CLI /OLD_SERVER=<OLD_MAIN_ENGINE>

/NEW_SERVER=<NEW_MAIN_ENGINE>

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Point Daughter Engine To The New Main Engine Server (Run Remotely)
ARGENT_MOVE_ENGINE_CLI /SERVER= < NEW_MAIN_ENGINE > /MOVE_MOTHER

/DAUGHTER=<DAUGHTER_ENGINE>

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Point Daughter Engine To The New Main Engine Server (Run Locally On Daughter Engine)
ARGENT_MOVE_ENGINE_CLI /SERVER=<NEW_MAIN_ENGINE> /MOVE_MOTHER

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Update SQL Server (Specifying Database Name)
ARGENT_MOVE_ENGINE_CLI /SERVER=<NEW_SQL_SERVER >

/DATABASE=<DB_NAME > /MOVE_SQL

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Update SQL Server (Without Specifying Database Name)
ARGENT_MOVE_ENGINE_CLI /SERVER=<NEW_SQL_SERVER > /MOVE_SQL

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Show Usage Information Of Argent Move Engine CLI Tool (Option 1)
ARGENT_MOVE_ENGINE_CLI

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Show Usage Information Of Argent Move Engine CLI Tool (Option 2)
ARGENT_MOVE_ENGINE_CLI /?

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Show Usage Information Of Argent Move Engine CLI Tool (Option 3)
ARGENT_MOVE_ENGINE_CLI /HELP

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