Migrating Sophos PureMessage to another SQL database is a simple process. On the server you wish to modify, open C:\Program Files\Sophos\PureMessage\Config\LastKnown\LocalConfig.xml.
Under the <LocalConfig> tag there are four DBSettings tags, one for each database. These are called ConfigDBSettings, QuarDBSettings, ReportingDBSettings and DirectoryDBSettings. Inside each of these is another called <DatabaseName>. By modifying this DatabaseName you are able to change where Sophos PureMessage stores its data. This is useful if using an SQL server with more than a few databases. I like to prefix all of my Sophos PureMessage databases with “PM” to make them stand out. An extract of my completed config file looks like this:
<LocalConfig>
<ConfigDataVersion>2</ConfigDataVersion>
<Capabilities>23</Capabilities>
<ConfigDBSettings>
<ServerName>vsql01</ServerName>
<DatabaseName>PMSavexCnfg</DatabaseName>
<AuthType>0</AuthType>
<UserName></UserName>
<Password></Password>
<ConnectionTimeOut>30</ConnectionTimeOut>
<CommandTimeOut>60</CommandTimeOut>
</ConfigDBSettings>
<QuarDBSettings>
<ServerName>vsql01</ServerName>
<DatabaseName>PMSavexQuar</DatabaseName>
<AuthType>0</AuthType>
<UserName></UserName>
<Password></Password>
<ConnectionTimeOut>30</ConnectionTimeOut>
<CommandTimeOut>60</CommandTimeOut>
</QuarDBSettings>
<ReportingDBSettings>
<ServerName>vsql01</ServerName>
<DatabaseName>PMSavexRprt</DatabaseName>
<AuthType>0</AuthType>
<UserName></UserName>
<Password></Password>
<ConnectionTimeOut>30</ConnectionTimeOut>
<CommandTimeOut>60</CommandTimeOut>
</ReportingDBSettings>
<DirectoryDBSettings>
<ServerName>vsql01</ServerName>
<DatabaseName>PMSavexDir</DatabaseName>
<AuthType>0</AuthType>
<UserName></UserName>
<Password></Password>
<ConnectionTimeOut>30</ConnectionTimeOut>
<CommandTimeOut>60</CommandTimeOut>
</DirectoryDBSettings>
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