Backup ETL Validator Repository/Workschema

ETL Validator Complete comes with an embedded PostgreSQL database that is used as the Repository & Workschema. If you are upgrading ETL Validator Complete, please follow these steps to take backup of the database prior to the upgrade: 

  1. Make a copy of the 'data' directory of the postgres database. Below is the location of this directory for ETL Validator Complete:
    C:\app\Datagaps\ETLValidator\pgsql\data


Upgrading ETL Validator Complete

ETL Validator Complete can be upgrade very easily by following these three simple steps: 

  1. Stop the service called 'Datagaps ETL Validator Server' from Windows Services
  2. Uninstall ETL Validator. During the uninstall the PostgreSQL repository is still preserved. So you will not loose the test cases and data sources you already created.
  3. Install the latest build of ETL Validator



Upgrading ETL Validator Server Deployed in Apache Tomcat

In Multi-user deployment, ETL Validator Server may be deployed in a standalone apache tomcat instance. Below are the steps to upgrade the ETL Validator Server in such cases:

  1. Stop Apache Tomcat from Windows Services or command line
  2. Remove the two folders 'ETLValidatorServer' and 'ETLValidatorService'
  3. Copy the two war files 'ETLValidatorServer.war' and 'ETLValidatorService.war'
  4. Restart Tomcat from Services

Upgrading ETL Validator Client

To upgrade ETL Validator Client, just uninstall and reinstall it.