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Migrating to Rational DOORS v9.x results in error "Failed to initialize database .."

Troubleshooting


Problem

Attempts to migrate IBM Rational DOORS database from v8.x to v9.x results in the error: "Failed to initialize database: Could not create relational store folder"

Symptom

You receive the following error message:


Failed to initialize database: Could not create relational store folder


Error Screen:


Cause

You receive the reported error if the Rational DOORS v8.x datafolder (to be migrated) contains a folder named relData under the v6data directory.

Resolving The Problem

To resolve this error, you need to delete the folder named relData present under the v6data folder of the Rational DOORS v8.x data before attempting to migrate it to Rational DOORS v9.x

Related Information

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Document Information

Modified date:
01 May 2020

UID

swg21392994