Lift and Shift on different OS and DB

pradeepcr · #1 28th November 2017, 20:06

Hi Baan gurus,
We recently closed the acquisition of a company that has Baan. We are planning to move the system from their DC to our DC. Currently, Baan is running on HP Unix and Ora DB 9. In order to move the system to our DC, Baan has to run on Redhat Linux and Ora DB 12g.

My question is, can we replicate Baan onto our server or should we install Baan from scratch and then migrate the data? Any recommendation or direction on how to approach this scenario would be highly appreciated.

Thanks

NPRao · #2 28th November 2017, 20:30

Platform/DC migrations are quite possible, although it is not just a simple task needs more planning, testing, architecture, tech specialists.

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Baan is running on HP Unix and Ora DB 9. In order to move the system to our DC, Baan has to run on Redhat Linux and Ora DB 12g.

Check for the Porting set release notes for the supported Operating systems and Database versions.
Oracle 9, 10, 11 are desupported by the vendor now so you have to upgrade the database to the latest Oracle 12 release.
You have to install the latest Porting set on Redhat Linux and then export/import the software from the old to new system or clone the file systems (with exceptions of bin/etc etc.). Also ensure, you have the correct kernel parameters for the Operating system.
Test all your custom shell scripts, applications and performance.

pradeepcr · #3 28th November 2017, 21:18

Thank NPRao for the response.
Can you provide details on how to "export/import the software from the old to new system or clone the file systems (with exceptions of bin/etc etc.)".

Thank you

NPRao · #4 28th November 2017, 21:32

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how to "export/import the software from the old to new system

Using session ttiex1280m000 (Export Data Dictionary) and ttiex1285m000 (Import Data Dictionary).

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clone the file systems (with exceptions of bin/etc etc.)".

Refer to the threads on the forum -

Cool Migrating Oracle DB and LN FP3 to a new server
New server migration suggestions
Creation of Development/Test Environment

pradeepcr · #5 29th November 2017, 00:49

I know those sessions. What abt the db and os system files required for Baan.

pradeepcr · #6 29th November 2017, 16:40

NPRao, Don't we have to still install the Baan software before doing this? Apologize my ignorance on the topic.

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Originally Posted by NPRao

Using session ttiex1280m000 (Export Data Dictionary) and ttiex1285m000 (Import Data Dictionary).

Refer to the threads on the forum -

Cool Migrating Oracle DB and LN FP3 to a new server
New server migration suggestions
Creation of Development/Test Environment

mark_h · #7 29th November 2017, 23:31

Do you have infor support? I would contact them - we just moved to solaris 11 and oracle 12g and it required a porting set upgrade and with that it required a new license manager(I think it went to SLM or something like that). All we were doing was moving to newer hardware, latest OS and database.

pradeepcr · #8 30th November 2017, 00:05

Hi Mark,
We are doing similar migration except Redhat Linux. Infor support contract is getting delayed and with aggressive timelines we wanted to get this moving. Any alternate options for Infor support?

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Originally Posted by mark_h

Do you have infor support? I would contact them - we just moved to solaris 11 and oracle 12g and it required a porting set upgrade and with that it required a new license manager(I think it went to SLM or something like that). All we were doing was moving to newer hardware, latest OS and database.

pradeepcr · #9 30th November 2017, 00:24

Hi Mark,
So may be on a high level would you mind letting me know the migration strategy. Did you install Baan on the new environment and then imported the data and other required files? Or if you followed export/import DD, I would like to know more details and steps you followed. And any issues you encountered during the process would be highly appreciated. Thank you.

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Originally Posted by mark_h

Do you have infor support? I would contact them - we just moved to solaris 11 and oracle 12g and it required a porting set upgrade and with that it required a new license manager(I think it went to SLM or something like that). All we were doing was moving to newer hardware, latest OS and database.