upgrade to unicode - 7.1

2008-10-14 Thread Raido Oja
Hi,

Just got a response from BMC that they do not support an upgrade of a
non-unicode database to unicode. Just wanted to get some feedback if anyone
has ever tried this and if it worked. Are there no other options than
rebuilding the system? Any lessons learned would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Raido

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Re: upgrade to unicode - 7.1

2008-10-14 Thread Axton
I've done this using the following steps:
- stop remedy
- convert oracle instance to unicode
- run a set of conversion scripts that convert 8-bit ascii characters
to the target unicode character we want
- run the arserver install and install the unicode arserver against
the upgraded oracle instance

This assumes that there are no 8-bit ascii characters in any of the db
tables that are used to generate workflow/form checksums (e.g., form
name, active link name, etc.)

Axton Grams

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 9:47 AM, Misi Mladoniczky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Raido,
>
> I have only done this by:
> 1. installing a new system
> 2. importing the def-file
> 3. copying all the data between old and new server with RRR|Chive (except
> the User-form)
>
>Best Regards - Misi, RRR AB, http://rrr.se
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just got a response from BMC that they do not support an upgrade of a
>> non-unicode database to unicode. Just wanted to get some feedback if
>> anyone
>> has ever tried this and if it worked. Are there no other options than
>> rebuilding the system? Any lessons learned would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Raido
>>
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Re: upgrade to unicode - 7.1

2008-10-14 Thread Misi Mladoniczky
Hi Raido,

I have only done this by:
1. installing a new system
2. importing the def-file
3. copying all the data between old and new server with RRR|Chive (except
the User-form)

Best Regards - Misi, RRR AB, http://rrr.se

> Hi,
>
> Just got a response from BMC that they do not support an upgrade of a
> non-unicode database to unicode. Just wanted to get some feedback if
> anyone
> has ever tried this and if it worked. Are there no other options than
> rebuilding the system? Any lessons learned would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Raido
>
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