I would not go with D either if I didn't want to pay my way through an upgrade.
>From your description your path is fairly straight forward with only the consideration about your database compatibility with your current applications and other applications that use the same database. Your options as I see it are: I. Check if installing the 12c clients for use of the AR Server would allow that client to connect successfully to the older database and not impact operations on the AR Server. II. Check if upgrading the database but leaving the oracle clients at your current client versions would impact those other applications that uses the current Oracle client for those apps. III Go with a dedicated databse for the AR System by installing as a new install and then migrate your current applications using your preferred choice of migration tools that are available for 8.1 Cheers Joe -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Carina Burns Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 12:38 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Help with upgrade path Greetings!!! I am turning to you all for suggestions for an upgrade path for our ARS system. I've contacted BMC for advice, however our support contract level is Basic... which is also the adjective I would use to describe my current level of customer satisfaction. Has anyone gone from ARS 7.1 to 8.1? How did you do it? If you don't want to wade thru my specifics, kindly preface your reply with TLDR before you explain your upgrade method. The specifics: Our production set up is ARS 7.1 patch 11 / Midtier7.0.01 patch 5/ Apache Tomcat 5.027 / Crystal Reports XI running on WinSvr 2003 SP2 against an Oracle 10g last patch database on RedHat Enterprise 4.0 I had thought to step thru and upgrade to 7.6 and then to 8.1 but was advised after opening a support ticket that since we have custom forms only and are not using ITSM or any other BMC app, we could go straight to 8.1 from 7.1. The compatibility matrix lists the minimums but states that any newer versions are supported for OS and database. Since hardware only gets upgraded when bond money exists about every 5-7 years at our school district, I asked for the latest/greatest. I cleared my choices/plan with support but since it was going to take a while to get the servers, I closed the ticket saying I would open another once I had my gear. My new servers are virtual; a WinSvr2012 R2 and a Oracle Linux 6 box. I put Oracle 12c on as the database. I had thought to install ARS 7.1 as a "new install", delete the data, copy the production 10g AR schema over to the 12c user, then run 8.1 as an upgrade. That's essentially how I did it the last time and support confirmed that a number of people run their upgrades that way. But Oh-Oh! 7.1 is 32bit and doesn't want to install on my Win 64bit OS...Maybe both support and I missed that little hitch or perhaps I misunderstood. Anyhow, I opened a new ticket and asked if I could do the same thing but with 8.1 instead. In other words, install ARS 8.1 as a new install, delete the data, copy over the 10g AR schema to the 12c user, then run 8.1 again as an upgrade. Here are the answers I got back on my ticket (paraphrased): A) 7.1 isn't supported, B) I was free to experiment using the new install/delete data/move schema/run upgrade method but it may not work C) I can try to install 8.1 as new and use the Migrator to move over all my custom forms D) Contract professional services and pay BMC to help with my upgrade Option D isn't going to happen. So I am left with options B and C. The analyst on the first support ticket didn't think Migrator would be necessary since we aren't using ITSM. Thoughts on that (While I go read the migrator documentation)? Comments on option B? Thanks in advance! Carina ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
