The same process is used to recover or move View Composer to a new host server. To retain the current settings, all that needs to be restored is the View Composer database and the RSA key container or custom SSL certificate.
The View Composer database should be restored using the native View command-line tool sviconfig.exe
. This tool is located within the install
directory of View Composer, which is at the following location on our sample server:
D:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware View Composer
You will need the following information to restore the database:
Data Source Name (DSN): The name of your DSN connection on the View Connection Server. On our sample server, the name is
composer
.View Composer database username. On our sample server, the name is
svc-composer
.View Composer database password. On our sample server, the password is
Password123
.Backup file path: This is the location of the
Backup-2012-1017000010-viewcomp-01_vjason_local...