Moving 'data' from RTC and RQM v 2.x to new machines v 3.x
Dear community,
In order to move two old version 2.x installations of RTC and RQM (on two seperate machines) to new physical machines using version 3.x, I have done the following:
By configuring the hosts file on each machine, such that the hosts of the two respective old machines point to 127.0.0.1 for the relevant machines, I have preserved the complete URI (host, port and context roots) for both new installations. Thus, I now have two new version 3.x installations of JTS+CCM on one machine and JTS+QM on the other, using the same URIs as the old installations.
All I have left now (I think), is to move over all the data (work items, dashboards, projects, etc.). This is where I need help. What are the steps I need to perform here?
In order to move two old version 2.x installations of RTC and RQM (on two seperate machines) to new physical machines using version 3.x, I have done the following:
- Set up two new machines using Linux CentOS (actually, the are virtual machines on the same machine, but whatever)
- Installed CCM+JTS v 3.x on one of them (using tomcat, db2 and LDAP)
- Installed QM v 3.x on the other machine (using tomcat, db2 and LDAP)
- Set up database servers on both machines (they both act as their own database servers too, using DB2 Express-C
By configuring the hosts file on each machine, such that the hosts of the two respective old machines point to 127.0.0.1 for the relevant machines, I have preserved the complete URI (host, port and context roots) for both new installations. Thus, I now have two new version 3.x installations of JTS+CCM on one machine and JTS+QM on the other, using the same URIs as the old installations.
All I have left now (I think), is to move over all the data (work items, dashboards, projects, etc.). This is where I need help. What are the steps I need to perform here?
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Hi,
WAS is Websphere application server.
In general sounds like how it would be done. For the details please select the interactive upgrade guide use settings like below for RTC and RQM would then be "I distibute JTS" or similar. Read the article I posted and the upgrade guide and then try. Document what you are doing. Read the upgrade outputs carefully, look into the logs. Refine your documentation. Be sure to have Backups and know how to restore for the final production upgrade.
WAS is Websphere application server.
In general sounds like how it would be done. For the details please select the interactive upgrade guide use settings like below for RTC and RQM would then be "I distibute JTS" or similar. Read the article I posted and the upgrade guide and then try. Document what you are doing. Read the upgrade outputs carefully, look into the logs. Refine your documentation. Be sure to have Backups and know how to restore for the final production upgrade.
Hi,
WAS is Websphere application server.
In general sounds like how it would be done. For the details please select the interactive upgrade guide use settings like below for RTC and RQM would then be "I distibute JTS" or similar. Read the article I posted and the upgrade guide and then try. Document what you are doing. Read the upgrade outputs carefully, look into the logs. Refine your documentation. Be sure to have Backups and know how to restore for the final production upgrade.
Hi!
In the upgrade guide, step 8 (upgrading) seems to assume you have installed version 3.0.1 somewhere, even though the installation steps are not mentioned anywhere in the guide. Do I just need to install 3.0.1 using the launchpad, in some folder different from the existing 2.x installation?
Yes.
Cool, thanks! So just to make completely clear. The new 3.0.1 should be installed, but I should not start the application and run set up? Should I create the new CCM (and QM on the other machine) databases?
Please look into the upgrade workshop. Unless you are using Derby, you need to provide the new databases. In you case there is no JTS databse yet and you need it. This is described in the interactive upgrade guide, if you check an enterprise database.
Yes.
Cool, thanks! So just to make completely clear. The new 3.0.1 should be installed, but I should not start the application and run set up? Should I create the new CCM (and QM on the other machine) databases?
Please look into the upgrade workshop. Unless you are using Derby, you need to provide the new databases. In you case there is no JTS databse yet and you need it. This is described in the interactive upgrade guide, if you check an enterprise database.
When upgrading RTC, the update guide says nothing about creating new databases. When upgrading RQM, it does. That is why I am confused.
This seems to be confirmed by the workshop documents: nowhere is it mentioned to create a new database for CCM, only one for JTS, DW and QM.
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