Database Format Overview

Prior to changing your database format, ensure that:

• If the Tungsten Capture Network Server (TCNS) is installed on a workstation other than the server, it must be disabled. Use aciscfg.exe /d to disable the Tungsten Capture Network. For more information about this feature, refer to the Tungsten Capture Installation Guide.
• All Tungsten Capture modules and the Remote Synchronization Agent are shut down.
• You are logged in with administrator permissions.

The following restrictions apply to pre-existing SQL Server, Oracle, and IBM DB2 databases:

• The default logon schema must be empty, with no predefined tables, stored procedures, views, etc. The schema objects are created by Tungsten Capture.
• The user must have rights to create the schema objects.
• Two different Tungsten Capture installations cannot use the same database schema.

Also, note the following important considerations:

• When switching from the Standard configuration to SQL Server, Oracle, or IBM DB2, the Standard database is retained. However, if you subsequently switch back to Standard, this retained database is overwritten with data from the current database.
• When switching from SQL Server, Oracle, or IBM DB2 to Standard (or another SQL Server installation), the current SQL Server database is removed. If you switch to another SQL Server installation, and the destination SQL Server database already exists, an error occurs.

In light of the preceding considerations, you may want to back up your current database prior to switching.