Upgrade to Windchill 12.1.2 from 11 M030 : WindchillDS or OpenDJ ?

[dnpermadhy-2]

Version: Windchill 12.1

Use Case: Hi All, Currently I doing in upgrade from Windchill 11 M030 to Windchill 12.1.2.

Description:

The question  : Should I migrate data WindchillDS from source system (Windchill 11.0 M030) to target system (Windchill 12.1.2) as upgrade prosess? before OR after upgrade ? how to migrate it?

What's step if I will to continue with WindchillDS? either or OpenDJ?

Any suggestions for this step?

Thank you so much !

regards

==deddy==

[avillanueva · Accepted solution]

So WindchillDS is no longer offered but it is identical to OpenDJ. The process in previous upgrades is the same. You export your LDAP from the source system and import it to the target system when you take your final snapshots and exports. You are free to use any LDAP V3 compliant system you want but I found it familiar to I kept using it. 

[BenLoosli]

I still use WIndchill DS 11.2 for my 1.0.2, 12.1.2 and 13.0.2 systems.

I just did a standard upgrade, but read this CS article.

Article - CS352917 - How to create ou=people,cn=AdministrativeLDAP,cn=Windchill_xx.x,o=ptc node in WindchillDS Control Panel when only standalone WindchillDS is installed in Windchill PDMLink 12.0.x.0

[rhart]

I continued to use DS 11.2 up until Windchill 12.0, then at Windchill 12.1 chose to migrate to OpenDJ. These were the steps in my case:

-----openDJ

unzip and installs in the ptc folder

setup.bat

install with defaults, empty db

CN=Directory Manager (need to change user name in IEConf and HTTPServer app-Windchill-AuthProvider.xml, site.xconf handled by upgrademanager)

create new DN o=mycompany, new backend userRoot (import separately)

backup source db

delete the config branch, not used by Windchill anymore

delete enterprise ldap

delete groups (all in Windchill now)

rebuild index

export ldif file

Import to openDJ and ignore items which don't match schema (untick reject)

Pros and cons:

Differences between JDK required by Windchill and the one Windchill DS 11.2 needs

Bug fixes and security updates

Support