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Version: 8.8.x

Setup of Data Sync Tool

Installing Data Sync Tool​

Before you begin

Ensure that you start ActiveMQ before performing the following steps.

To install the data sync tool, do the following:

  1. Extract the data sync tool archive to a directory on your computer.

    You can create a copy of the synced data on the file system by including the -r parameter and specifying the directory name.

  2. Copy the required JDBC driver libraries into the lib subdirectory.

Configuring Data Sync Tool​

  1. Modify the logging configuration in log4j2.xml as required.

  2. Configure the database connection settings for the source instance.

    By default, the data sync tool reads settings from sourceconfig.xml. The contents of this file are similar to the following:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <connectionconfiguration type="local">
        <url>jdbc:derby:C:\ep\6.4.1\TrailInstaller-20090709-1536-01/tomcat-5.5/ep6demo</url>
        <login></login>
        <pwd></pwd>
        <driver>org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver</driver>
    </connectionconfiguration>

    Where:

    • <url> contains the database URL
    • <login> contains the database username
    • <pwd> contains the database user password
    • <driver> contains the database driver class name

  3. Configure the database connection settings for the target instance.

    By default, the data sync tool reads settings from targetconfig.xml. The format of this file is identical to the source configuration file described in the previous step.

Command Line Reference​

synctool {-e|-l|-f} [-a <adapter_name>] [-d <subdir>] [-p <parameter>] [-r <root_dir>]
         [-s <source_config_file> [-t <target_config_file>]

-a, --adapter <adapter_name>​

Not currently implemented. Specifies the adapter to use to perform the data sync. The adapter must be configured in the Data Sync Tool’s service.xml configuration file.

-d, --subdir​

Specifies the directory that contains the data file to be imported as well as the corresponding jobdescriptor.xml and jobunit.dat files. This parameter is required if you are performing an import (-l).

-e, --export​

Performs an export operation. The -r and -p parameters must also be specified.

-f, --full​

Performs a complete sync operation. The data from the source instance is transferred into the target instance directly. The -r parameter can be set if you want to create a copy of the exported data on the file system.

-l, --load​

Performs an import operation. The -d parameter and the -r parameter must also be specified.

-p, --param <parameter>​

Contains adapter specific parameters. For the default adapter, this must be set to the change set GUID.

-r, --root <root_dir>​

Specifies the directory where data files will be exported. This parameter is required if you are performing an export (-e without -f). If it is not specified, a data file is not created. This parameter is also required if you are performing a load from an export (-l).

-s, --source <source_config_file>​

Specifies the file that contains the configuration for the source database. If this parameter is not specified, the default is sourceconfig.xml.

-t, --target <target_config_file>​

Specifies the file that contains the configuration for the target database. If this parameter is not specified, the default is targetconfig.xml. This option does not need to be specified when performing an export (-e)

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