Backup / Transfer IVA-AE Database Records from One Computer to Another

  1. Start the Test Battery II on the old computer.
  2. Select the IVA-AE from the test selection screen and then click on the “Database” menu at the top.
  3. Choose the option for “Backup IVA-AE Database”
  4. A New window will appear prompting you for the Save location.  Choose a location that is accessible from the new computer on your network or save to a removable drive like a USB Thumb drive that can be later transferred to the new computer.  The default file name will be IVAAE-Backup-Year-Month-Day.mdb.  You can leave that as the default value.
  5. Once you’ve chosen the proper save location, press the “Save” button.
  6. Now move over to the new computer and start the Test Battery II.
  7. Select the IVA-AE from the test selection screen and then click on the “Database” menu at the top.
  8. Choose the option for “Merge IVA-AE Databases” and then choose the location where the backup made earlier (Step 5 above) is stored.  The “Merge” command will add the records from the previous backup to your currently loaded database on the new computer.  Other options are “Restore” (overwrites the existing database with the old database, any new records in the currently loaded database will be lost) and “Load” (will load the backup file as the Main loaded database).  We recommend using Merge as it preserves all the data.
  9. When the Merge operation is complete, you will be shown a dialog box that displays the number of New Records and the number of any duplicate records that were added to the Loaded database.

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