It does not mention moving items from the Reporting Server such as application folders, data adapters, and server settings. The installation manual mentions a "WebFOCUS Migration Guide" but not sure where that item is located. http://documentation.informati...f_unix_81install.pdf
Is the proper way to migrate items from the Reporting Server documented somewhere?This message has been edited. Last edited by: Mighty Max,
We went from 7.6.11 to 8.0.08. To move Reporting Server stuff, I used tar to create a backup of the apps folder, copied the backup to the new reporting server then extract the tar file. That's all there was to it.
Our migration took us about 6 months because we had to completely test everything. I opened over 30 tickets with IBI. Some were bugs, some were over the new security model. Because we are a single sign on shop, getting the security in place was the biggest head ache (we were moving from IE8 to IE10 at the same time).
Our main database is Oracle and IBI has made significant improvements in the Reporting Server's ability to translate the FOCUS language to SQL. As a result, some programs worked differently and we had to make minor adjustments (which is the primary reason we had to test everything).
When I started here, we were using FOCUS for HP/UX. We've got code that's been running for more than 20 years. During the migration, we also took the time to retire reports that no one was using.
Good Luck.
In FOCUS since 1985. Prod WF 8.0.08 (z90/Suse Linux) DB (Oracle 11g), Self Serv, Report Caster, WebServer Intel/Linux.
September 24, 2015, 09:42 AM
Francis Mariani
You can use WebFOCUS Change Management to deploy reporting server application folders and their contents. It can also be used to deploy web application folders and their contents.
You need to use the Migration Utility to deploy the MRE content to the WF 8 Repository - this to generate "handles" to ensure the -INCLUDE statements work without having to use full paths. I believe it is also used to deploy WF BI Dashboard, though BID is old technology.
I did not perform the migration here, so I don't know how data adapters and server settings are migrated
Francis
Give me code, or give me retirement. In FOCUS since 1991
Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server
September 24, 2015, 11:32 AM
CoolGuy
Change Mgmt only works (is designed specifically for) moving like version apps/code in a source environment to a like version target environment. Trying to use Change Mgmt for moving 7.x stuff to 8.x doesn't work.
8.2.02M (production), 8.2.02M (test), Windows 10, all outputs.
September 24, 2015, 05:23 PM
Mighty Max
Yes I thought about packing up the app folders and copying them over to the new Reporting Server but wasn't sure if this was the proper method. For data adapters I think I will just recreate them in the new server. For server settings I think I will do side by side comparisons and make adjustments where needed.
For MRE and ReportCaster the shell scripts in the migration pdf were for the most part easy to follow. I did have to adjust the ReportCaster shell script because our ReportCaster install is not in a folder named 'ReportCaster76'.
