Migrating Vocera Messaging Platform

Follow the instructions given in this section to migrate Vocera Messaging Platform (VMP) data to Vocera Analytics.

Migrating VMP Configuration

To migrate VMP, perform the following tasks:

1. Navigate to VoceraAnalytics>AnalyticsServer>conf folder.
2. Open the vmp-migration-config.json file.
3. Provide the VMP SQL database details in the source fields.
4. Provide the Vocera Analytics database details in the target fields.
   The following screenshot displays the information to be added to the JSON file.

   

Updating the Spark Configuration File

To update the Spark configuration file, perform the following tasks:

5. Navigate to the VoceraAnalytics>AnalyticsServer>conf folder.
6. Open the spark-defaults.conf file, and update the value for spark.driver.memory field from 8g to 32g for medium and large size servers or 16g for small size servers.
   For more information on hardware requirements, refer to Hardware Details.

Executing the VMP Migration bat file

To excute the VMP migration file, perform the following tasks:

7. Navigate to VoceraAnalytics>AnalyticsServer.
   The runVMPmigration.bat is displayed.
8. Select runVMPMigration.bat file and run it.
   The following screenshot displays the file execution status.

   

9. Save the file.

Updating the Flume Configuration File

10. Navigate to VoceraAnalytics>AnalyticsServer>vmp-migration-output folder.
11. Open the Flume-Vmp-Ext.conf file and copy the content of file.

    The following screenshot displays the checkpoint details where the data is migrated to Vocera Analytics.

    

12. Open the Flume-VMP.conf file located at VoceraAnalytics>Agent>Flume>conf folder.
13. Paste the content of the Flume-vmp-ext.conf file at the end of the Flume-VMP.conf file.
    The following screenshot displays the pasted content.

    

    The VMP migration is complete.
    Note: The pasted content is the checkpoint. When pipeline is initiated, it starts reading the data after the checkpoint.

Reverting the Spark Configuration File

To rever the spark configuration file, perform the following tasks:

14. Navigate to the VoceraAnalytics>AnalyticsServer>conf folder.
15. Open the spark-defaults.conf file and update the value for spark.driver.memory field to 12g.

Post Data Migration

After migrating Vocera Report Server, perform the following pre migration tasks:

16. Run the PostMigrationCleanup.bat located at <InstallDir>/VoceraAnalytics/AnalyticsServer/ to clear plain-text passwords from the configuration file.
    This step ensures that the credentials of VMP database and Vocera Analytics database are protected.