HOWTO: Move Databases And Remote Patient Databases

In XVa3, the patient database can reside on any computer on the network.  Patient databases can be moved by any of a number of different methods.

Due to the possibility of data loss when moving your current patient database from one location to another, it is strongly recommended you back up your data before moving a patient database.

 

 

Moving The Patient Database Manually In XVa3 v3.1

To manually move the patient database:

  1. Make sure that XVa3 is not running on any of the computers on the network.

  2. Move the patient database and all sub-directories to the new location.

  3. Start XVa3 on one computer.

  4. Select Mount Remote Patient Database from Mount Database from the Advanced Options option in the Tools menu.

  5. Navigate to the new location for the database sub-directory and click on the Open button.  Apteryx highly recommends specifying the patient by going through network-neighborhood instead of selecting a drive letter.

  6. Close XVa3 (this will force the new location to be stored in the global XVa3 settings).

 

Moving The Patient Database Manually In XVa3 v3.5

If the Mobile Computing extension has been installed, please see the Moving The Patient Database Using The Mobile Computing Extension section of this documentation.

To manually move the patient database:

  1. Make sure that XVa3 is not running on any of the computers on the network.

  2. Move the patient database and all sub-directories to the new location.

  3. Start XVa3 on one computer.

  4. Select Select Current Database from the Advanced Database option in the Database menu.

  5. Navigate to the new location for the database sub-directory and click on the Open button.  Apteryx highly recommends specifying the patient database by going through network-neighborhood instead of selecting a drive letter.

  6. Close XVa3 (this will force the new location to be stored in the global XVa3 settings).

 

Moving The Patient Database Using The Mobile Computing Extension

To move the patient database:

  1. Make sure that XVa3 is not running on any of the computers on the network.

  2. Start XVa3 on one computer.

  3. Select Move Current Database from the Advanced Database option in the Database menu.

  4. Select the drive and directory to which the database should be moved.  Apteryx highly recommends specifying the patient database by going through network-neighborhood instead of selecting a drive letter.

  5. Click on the OK button.

 

Mounting A Patient Database In XVa3 v3.1

To mount a remote patient database:

  1. Make sure that XVa3 is not running on any of the computers on the network.

  2. Start XVa3 on one computer.

  3. Select Mount Remote Patient Database from Mount Database from the Advanced Options option in the Tools menu.

  4. Navigate to the new location for the database sub-directory and click on the Open button.  Apteryx highly recommends specifying the patient database by going through network-neighborhood instead of selecting a drive letter.

  5. Close XVa3 (this will force the new location to be stored in the global XVa3 settings).

 

Mounting A Patient Database In XVa3 v3.5 without the Advanced Database / Mobile Computing extension installed

To mount a remote patient database:

  1. Make sure that XVa3 is not running on any of the computers on the network.

  2. Start XVa3 on one computer.

  3. Select Select Current Database from the Advanced Database option in the Database menu.

  4. Navigate to the new location for the database sub-directory and click on the Open button.  Apteryx highly recommends specifying the patient database by going through network-neighborhood instead of selecting a drive letter.

  5. Close XVa3 (this will force the new location to be stored in the global XVa3 settings).

 

Mounting A Patient Database In XVa3 v3.5 with the Advanced Database / Mobile Computing extension installed

To mount a remote patient database:

  1. Make sure that XVa3 is not running on any of the computers on the network.

  2. Start XVa3 on one computer.

  3. Select Select Current Database from the Advanced Database option in the Database menu.


     

  4. Select the appropriate database from the available databases.  For more information on using the Advanced Database / Mobile Computing extension, please refer to its on-line documentation available under Other Topics in the Help menu of the XVa3 application.

  5. Close XVa3 (this will force the new location to be stored in the global XVa3 settings).