Migrating the Simulated Network

 

The NetworkMigrator.bat/sh is used to migrate the network configuration from version 5 to the latest version 6.

 

How to Migrate

 

1. Run the NetworkMigrator.bat/sh file in <Simulator_Home>/bin/migration directory from command line with the following options:

 

Option

Description

 -old  <old network file name>

The old network file name with absolute path.

-new <new network name>

The name of the new network with absolute path.

 

2. The database parameters to be specified for old and new MySQL connections are User name, Password, Server name, Port and Server path. These details must be provided in migrationdb_params.conf file in <Simulator_Home>/conf  directory of the version 5 and version 6 product respectively. 

 

3. Now, the network will be migrated to the latest format in the specified folder with the specified path. You can use this network in Simulation Toolkit 6 version.

 

Example

 

To migrate the configuration created in Database/XML mode with the same MySQL server settings or different MySQL server settings

 

In Windows :

 

NetworkMigrator.bat  -old c:\temp\network1.net  -new c:\simulator6\networks\network1 

 

In Linux/Solaris :

 

NetworkMigrator.sh  -old /home/network1.net  -new /home/network1

 

 

Note:

1. The old network file name must end with .net , for example Demo.net

2. Specify the network name in the -new option.

2. The Absolute path of the network file directory must be provided.

 

 

 



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