Essbase Cube Migration 11.1.1.3 To 11.1.2
Essbase Cube Migration 11.1.1.3 To 11.1.2
Essbase Cube Migration 11.1.1.3 To 11.1.2
Description:
This document will guide step by step process to migrate the Hyperion Essbase cube from 11.1.1.3 to 11.1.2. The migration check list will assist you to ensure all Essbase artifacts are migrated successfully.
History:
Version 0.1 0.1 Description Change Initial Draft Review 1st Author Gaurav Shrivastava Amit Sharma Publish Date 25-May-2011 25-May-2011
Table of Contents
1. Life Cycle Management3 2. Migration Types LCM Utility4 a. Application to Application Migration..4 b. Application to File System Migration7 3. List of Artifacts...9 4. Backed up artifact..13 5. File system to application....17 6. Migration Check List.23 7. Log File27
Life cycle management migrate all applications or individual artifacts between environments. If there is common environment, then you can migrate directly from application to application. Shared service used for migration when there is common environment. You can take back up of all artifacts through Life Cycle Management utility.
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Definitions of all databases within the applications Outlines Substitution Variables Rule Files Calculation Scripts Report Scripts Excel Files Location Aliases Security Filters
Migration Types LCM Utility Use application to file system then from file system to the targeted application, when you are performing migration from one version to another version. Application to File System Migration If you have multiple Essbase applications registered in different shared services. Then this utility migrate all the necessary artifacts on to the file system. Then you can move the extracted artifacts to the target machine. In the next step again use the utility from file system to the target application.
List of Artifacts
The source application is Bcub and Mydata is source database. This is the list of artifacts, select artifacts to be migrated.
Select all calculation script, Excel files, location aliases and report scripts.
Select rule files, Security file, variable and Text file. After all selection of artifacts, click on Define migration.
Select the destination for migration; you can simply migrate to any application into file system. New folder will create inside the native directory. <C:\user_projects\epmsystem1\import_export\admin@Native Directory>
Complete migration summary for migration. Now execute migration then click ok or you can launch migration status report ..
Backed up artifacts
All artifacts folders backed up successfully. \import_export\admini@Native Directory\ folder. Backup files stored in
All backup files are in XML format. You can move all this files in other environment; were ever you want.
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Calc Script
Excel Files
Report Scripts
Rule Files
Security Files
Substitution Variables
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Text Files
Some other information also stored inside the info folder. Listing Listing file save the entire folder detailed information.
Open listing file into wordpad and can see the listing file information.
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Sourceinfo Source information file save application version, variable, metadata information.
All backup of artifacts is stored in the Mydata folder. Select all artifacts to recover application from file system to Essbase application.
Copy this newly created folder and past inside the native directory of destination server folder. Hyperion 11.1.1.3 Source folder
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Open file System you will find same folder information through shared services, which you pasted inside the native directory.
Source application
Destination application
If your performing LCM migration second time for the same application then you can select Overwrite Artifacts option.
Migration summary Click on Execute Migration then Launch Migration Status Report.
Cross check the all files are migrated in to new application. This folder shows migrated files.
You can create one migration check list, and check the status after migration.
Log File
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One log file creates during migrating application artifacts using LCM utility. This log file keeps all the information of migration process.
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