Installation guide
Table Of Contents
- Migrating to Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5
- Adaptive Server Enterprise
- CHAPTER 1 Introduction and Guide to Resources
- CHAPTER 2 Analyze: Documenting Business Requirements
- CHAPTER 3 Analyze: Documenting Your Environment
- CHAPTER 4 Plan: Writing a Plan and Getting Ready to Migrate
- CHAPTER 5 Implement: Making Required Application Changes
- In This Chapter
- If Your Version is 11.5
- If Your Version is 11.5 or 11.9.x
- If Your Version is 11.5, 11.9.x, or 12.0
- CHAPTER 6 Implement: Making Database Administration Changes
- In This Chapter
- If Your Version is 11.5
- If Your Version is 11.5 or 11.9.x
- If Your Version is 11.5, 11.9.x, or 12.0
- CHAPTER 7 Test: Ensuring Stability and Performance
- APPENDIX A Worksheets for Your Current Environment
- APPENDIX B Sample Migration Task Lists
- Sample Task List Template
- General Migration Task List Example
- Parallel Migration Task List Example
- Define Test/Acceptance Criteria—Regression Test Suites
- Set Up Target Production Environment
- Set Up Replication Server
- Run Regression Test Suites
- Upgrade Server B (Shadow)
- Run Post-upgrade Regression Test Suites on ASE 12.5 (Server B)
- Run User Acceptance Tests on ASE 12.5 (Server B)
- Shift Production Users to Adaptive Server 12.5 (Server B)
- Perform Final Steps
- Cutover Migration Task List Example
- Set Up ASE 12.5 Environment on Development System
- Define Test/Acceptance Criteria—Regression Test Suites
- Define Fallback Procedures on Test System
- “Baseline” Older Environment on Test System
- Run Regression Test Suites on Older Release Test System
- Upgrade Test System to Release 12.5
- Run Regression Test Suites on Release 12.5 Test System
- Run User/Acceptance Tests on Release 12.5 Test System
- Execute Fallback Procedures on Test System
- Upgrade Production Server to ASE 12.5
- Perform Final Steps
- Staged Cutover Task Overview
- APPENDIX C Migration Issue Checklists
- APPENDIX D Pre-Upgrade Checklist

APPENDIX B Sample Migration Task Lists
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• Run Regression Test Suites on Older Release Test System
• Upgrade Test System to Release 12.5
• Run Regression Test Suites on Release 12.5 Test System
• Run User/Acceptance Tests on Release 12.5 Test System
• Execute Fallback Procedures on Test System
• Upgrade Production Server to ASE 12.5
• Perform Final Steps
Set Up ASE 12.5 Environment on Development System
1 Configure the physical drives and local array, duplicate the
environment of the current development system.
2 Perform a dump of the current development system.
3 Install ASE 12.5.
4 Configure ASE 12.5 on the development system, duplicating the
current development environment.
5 Update the interfaces file.
6 Create the databases on ASE 12.5.
7 Load the dump of the current development system.
8Run
dbcc commands (checktable, checkalloc, checkcatalog) on ASE
12.5 databases. Be sure to check the
dbcc log and error log.
9 Synchronize user IDs between the old and new development systems.
10 Run
checkpoint on the 12.5 environment.
11 Shift development to ASE 12.5. Developers begin verification and
new feature development.
Define Test/Acceptance Criteria—Regression Test Suites
Front-end simulation regression test suite
1 Identify target user functions.