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Export the InForm Portal database

To export the InForm Portal database to a DMP file:

  1. Copy the InForm\InstallSupport folder from the downloaded product image to the InForm application server.
  2. Run ExportPortalMigrationFiles.cmd (located in the InForm\InstallSupport folder on the InForm application server) to back up each InForm Portal database as a DMP file, using the following syntax:

    ExportPortalMigrationFiles.cmd <TNS_Service_Name>

    where:

    TNS_Service_Name—TNS name for the database instance.

    You are prompted for the following values:

    • Portal user ID—Owner of the InForm Portal database schema.
    • Portal user password—Password for the owner of the InForm Portal database schema.
    • pfdbauid—User name of the InForm database administrator.
    • pfdbapid—Password for the InForm database administrator.
    • Dump file directory path—Location of the directory that you created on the InForm database server.
    • Dump file name—Name of the DMP file to export.

      Note: Do not include spaces in the dump file name or the directory path to the dump file.

You can also pass the parameters by using the /accountparams:"path_to_parameter_file" command option.

When specified, this option includes the path to a text file that contains the values required to run the command. The format of the parameter file is parameter=value. There is a new line for each parameter, and there are no spaces on a line.

The ExportPortalMigrationFiles command creates the following file:

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