Danegrey's checklist v1

These are the steps I follow when I am working on a migration and going to work with the 1st cumulative patch. As some of you have found out, things can go a bit wrong. Use the steps as a guideline and it should help over come some of the problems.

steps description

First Migration attempt

1 install 6.0 on clean server with AHD database

2 make sure 6.0 is running

3 install R11.2

4 cancel migration, before it starts

5 apply cumulative

6 apply Test patch T5ET051, if any customizations to Contact or Contact_Type tables

7 run migration

8 If migration completes successfully go to step 50

9 remove test patch T5ET051 (if necessary)

10 remove the cumulative patch (reboots might be needed)

11 rename or remove migration file/directories

12 delete the mdb

13 re-run the migration

14 run pdm_configure

15 re-apply the cumulative

16 run pdm_configure

17 begin testing

50 run pdm_configure

51 begin testing

Re-Running the Migration with migration errors

100 remove the cumulative patch (reboots might be needed)

101 rename or remove migration file/directories

102 delete the mdb

103 re-run the migration

104 run pdm_configure

105 re-apply the cumulative

106 run pdm_configure

107 begin testing

Re-Running the Migration without migration errors

200 rename or remove migration file/directories

201 delete the mdb

202 re-run the migration

203 run pdm_configure

204 begin testing