Upgrading the Repository

When you upgrade PowerDesigner, all modules installed on your machine, including the repository module, are upgraded. The first time you connect to the repository after upgrading PowerDesigner, you are prompted to upgrade the repository database on the server. All PowerDesigner users connecting to a repository that has been upgraded must also upgrade.

You cannot upgrade the repository through a repository proxy connection. You must use a direct ODBC connection instead.

In case of upgrade failure due to network or permission problems, or insufficient disk space, you should restore the repository database from your backup version and retry an upgrade when problems are solved. If the upgrade fails because of the data in your database, then you should contact technical support for assistance.

Warning!

Always back up your repository database before upgrading it. If you have installed the PowerDesigner Portal, you must stop the PowerDesigner Portal Service before performing an upgrade.

Only the PowerDesigner modules that you have installed will be upgraded the repository database. For example, if you do not have the Object Oriented Model installed on your machine, that part of the repository database will not be upgraded. The next user of the database that has installed the OOM will upgrade that part of the database upon connection, and so on.

Note: If you created your repository database with Microsoft SQL Server or Sybase ASE before PowerDesigner version 15.0, we recommend that you select Rebuild clustered indexes in the Repository Update Script dialog to improve performance, particularly for document check out. If you do not select this option at upgrade time, or if you use a direct Microsoft SQL Server or Sybase ASE repository connection, you can select Repository > Administration > Rebuild Clustered Indexes at any time to perform the rebuild.