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kchaithanya1-Visitor
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August 1, 2015
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Windchill Upgradation From 9.0 M030 to 10.2 M030

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Hi All,

Good Day To You

I've planned to upgrade Windchill from 9.0 M030 to 10.2 M030.

My source system specifications are as below..

OS: Windows Server 2003

Database: SQL Server 2005 SP3 Developer Version.

Windchill: 9.0 M030

Directory Server: Aphelion Directory Server

As part of upgradation, we decided to upgrade SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2012 R2.

Note: Windchill Server is not physical but is Virtual Server in VMWare.

As doing this for first time,I need to know detailed steps to follow while upgradation.

Thanks In Advance

Regards

Krishna Chaithanya

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BineshKumar12-Explorer
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August 1, 2015

Upgrade steps are detailed in Upgrade Guide. I strongly recommend to read through the guide once and perform a rehearsal upgrade. In rehearsals, you can create your own work instructions and check list specific to your environment. This ensures  a smooth production upgrade. On a high level below are the steps

1. Apply latest WinDU/WinRU patch according to the source system release

level.

2. Run upgrade-mandatory Windchill Diagnostic Utility (WinDU) tasks on the source system and fix all reported issues.

3. Export the database and LDAP. Exports should be taken at the same time.

4. Copy vaults to target servers. Do the same for new replication servers

5. Install and Configure the target system with SQL 2012 and verify that the target system is fully functional(AD Configuration, compare wt.properties with source, numbering series should match source. Apply CPSs

6. Apply the customizations on the target system(If any)

7. Migrate from Aphelion to Windchill Directory Server.

8. Import the database and LDAP- migrated one

9. Change the collation - Run collation conversion tool.

10. Run the Upgrade Manager.

11. Execute final upgrade steps.

12. Reconfigure vaults, replica servers

13. Validate the upgraded solution windu, fv validation tools etc.

Thanks

Binesh

Barry Wehmiller

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    kchaithanya1-VisitorAuthor
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    August 3, 2015

    Hi Binesh,

    Thanks for your valuable response

    I've some doubts regarding Aphelion to Windchill Directory Server.

    In my plan, i'm preparing target system  in Virtual and want to install WDS through 10.2 M030 PSI , followed by Aphelion to WDS migration as mentioned in Upgradation guide.

    And also, I do perform this before running Upgrade Manager, don't I ?

    Kindly request you to suggest on this if any.

    Thanks And Regards,

    Krishna Chaithanya

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    BineshKumar12-Explorer
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    August 3, 2015

    Hi Krishna,

    You are right - you install WDS as a part of your target system installation.

    We do the Aphelion to WDS migration before the upgrade manager. Make sure you review the rejects and skips logs(have to mention this explicitly) while importing to WDS to ensure that migration.jar actually worked.

    Thanks

    Binesh Kumar

    Barry Wehmiller

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