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Rebuild the CommServe During Disaster Recovery
Upgrade the existing CommServe
Installing CommServe with an existing database is a one-step procedure to rebuild the CommServe (in disaster recovery scenarios). As the CommServe can be installed with a database of user choice, this eliminates the steps involved in restoring the database in rebuilding the CommServe. This procedure can also be used to upgrade the existing CommServe with a fresh install.
During the CommServe installation, the installer provides option either to create a new database, or to use the CommServe database from an earlier installation. The existing CommServe database must upgraded to the current release using Database Upgrade tool, and made available to the installer as a database dump.
The following are the scenarios that warrants the use of this procedure.
When rebuilding the CommServe during disaster recovery scenario, this procedure can be used to deploy the CommServe and restore the CommServe database in a one-step procedure. See Install the CommServe With an Existing Database for step-by-step instructions to install the CommServe database with the database dump from the disaster recovery backup.
See CommServe Recovery - How To for the complete procedure involved in rebuilding a CommServe in a disaster recovery scenario.
This procedure can also be used to upgrade the existing CommServe from a previous release version by installing the current version of the software. Use the following steps for this upgrade:
This feature requires a Feature License to be available in the CommServe® Server.
Review general license requirements included in License Administration. Also, View All Licenses provides step-by-step instructions on how to view the license information.
This feature is supported on all platforms supported by CommServe. See System Requirements - CommServe for information on platforms supported by CommServe.