Migrating from OLAP to relational
Hi,
I am supposed to work on an assignment that needs to migrate the data model from OLAP to relational. Generally the industry is moving the other way, i.e. from Relational to OLAP.
In my current assignment I have to re-rengineer an existing reporting that is carried out of Oracle Sales Analyzer on top of Oracle Express Server.
In the modified environment we are supposed to use Oracle 10g Standard Edition licenses from the customer, which (as far as I know) do not have the OLAP option.
So we have to come up with a Datamart that has to be in relational (star schema) form.Please correct me if there is any other possible solution also.
I believe some of you here would have certainly got a solution to my problem, that is,1) how to efficiently migrate the OES data into relational model. We have to report on Oracle Discoverer 10g, and ETL would be Oracle Warehouse Builder.
2) Is there a way to reuse the metadata for ETL or reporting purposes. I have a vague idea about the whole exercise, in which, I'll manually dig out physical table level details from OES setup and then pull those attributes into the star schema kind of model tables. But maintaining hierarchies and so many levels will be another problem in relational structures.
Please suggest.
Thanks
Goga
Unfortunately, OWB cannot use an Express database as a source. However, there is some good news. If you are using Warehouse Builder 10gR2 there is an new Expert available from download from the OWB OTN website that uses all the old OSA metadata files to create a completely new project with source and target modules. The source modules are the original dimension and variable flat files.
Because the model that is generated is a logical model you can implement it as either a relational or multi-dimensional schema (assuming you have not tried to use any features specific to a multi-dimensional model such as value based hierarchies or non-additive measures).
Goto to the OWB Exchange:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/warehouse/htdocs/OWBexchange.html?cat=EXP&submit=Search
Search for "Experts"
and the list one listed is:
OSA Migration Expert: Uses the OSA Global metadata files to allow an initial migration example of an OSA system.
Obviously this is not a supported utility so you are on your own, but hopefully this will at least provide you with a good starting point for creating your relational schema.
Hope this helps
Keith
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I have been developing a MRPII package for a while now and whilst my classes worked with MySql I am finding difficulty with implementing them using Derby.
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JimI am currently migrating from MySql to Derby. Dear God, why?I am using the embedded functionality.
>
I have been developing a MRPII package for a whilenow
MRP as in "manufacturing resource planning"?Yes
>
and whilst my classes worked with MySql I am
finding difficulty with implementing them using
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portable enough.
I have developed a GUI interface for MRPIIfunctions
and use a Database Interface class to connect tothe
database.
The Database Interface class gives me thecapability
of reading and writing from a database.
I extend this capability to sub classes ie part,
customers, suppliers, work orders.
The problem I have is with the ' "+standardCost+"'
type statements. In MySql, the database engine
recognises that the standard cost variable is a
double though using Derby I get the following
Errors.Right - you're counting on something that might not
be true for all databases. MySQL appears to be doing
an implicit conversion from string to double. Bad
idea.
SQL Exception: Columns of type 'DOUBLE' cannothold
values of type 'CHAR'. In Save Data errorcode30000
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values of type 'CHAR'. In Save Data errorcode30000
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VALUES('BUDGET500','A1',
'100.0','50.0','1.0','100.0')
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'86.0','EACH','MP','7','33')Do you use PreparedStatements to escape strings and
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The only solution I see is giving each subclass of
Database Interface the individual capabilitywithin
that class to connect to the database and use
prepared statements.I would not have a single database interface. Each
class has its own requirements. How can a single
class know about all of them? Better to break your
persistence layer into several interaces, one per
persistent class.That is what I thought
>
Does anyone know if Derby has the capability of
processing the updates using a similar format as
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>
You don't use prepared statements, which would help
with your portability issues.
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%My main class is as follows;
package delta.databaseInterface;
* @author James Charles
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.Statement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData;
import java.util.Vector;
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private String query;
private String update;
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private int rowCount = 0;
private boolean resultsExist = false;
Object data[][];
private JTable table;
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catch(InstantiationException ie){
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System.err.println(iae);
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System.err.println(cnfe);
catch(SQLException sqle){
System.err.println(sqle);
catch(InstantiationException ie){
System.err.println(ie);
catch(IllegalAccessException iae){
System.err.println(iae);
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catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e){
System.out.println(e + "in catch");
this.resultsExist = false;
System.out.println("Value of exists in catch = " + this.resultsExist);
}// end of set results
public JTable getTable(Object[] columnNames) {
table = new JTable(data, columnNames);
return table;
public int getColumnCount(){
return this.columnCount;
public int getRowCount(){
return this.rowCount;
public String getData(int row, int column){
return this.results[row][column];
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maybe it is time for a redesign!
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While migrating we have tried to remove the ATG dependency and we are getting session invalid. We are unable to find a similar method for “resolveName” in HTTPServletRequest. The method “resolveName” of the DynamoHttpServletRequest is being used to retrieve the session object by passing a String parameter (‘/’ or any URL).
Whereas the HTTPServletRequest has only two methods [getSession() or getSession(Boolean)] to retrieve the session object and here we cannot pass any String parameter. Thus we are unable the replicate the existing functionality using the HTTPServletRequest class.
Below are some code examples for your reference.
Sample1:
Below commented code is original one. we tried to as mentined below:
//import atg.servlet.DynamoHttpServletRequest;
/* DynamoHttpServletRequest atgRequest = (DynamoHttpServletRequest) request;
HttpSession atgSession = (HttpSession) atgRequest.resolveName("/" );
String atgsession = "jsessionid=" + atgSession.getId();
HttpServletRequest weblogicRequest = (HttpServletRequest) request;
HttpSession weblogicSession = (HttpSession) weblogicRequest.getSession();
String weblogicsession = "jsessionid=" + weblogicSession.getId();
Sample2:
Below commented code is original one. we tried to as mentined below:
/* ATG Dynamo for Session Last Access Time functionality */
//import atg.servlet.DynamoHttpServletRequest;
/* DynamoHttpServletRequest atgRequest = (DynamoHttpServletRequest) request;
HttpSession session = (HttpSession) atgRequest.resolveName("/atg/dynamo/servlet/sessiontracking/SessionManager/" + sessionID);
HttpServletRequest weblogicRequest = (HttpServletRequest) request;
HttpSession session = (HttpSession) weblogicRequest.getSession();
we would like to know is there any smilar functionality or methods available so we can use in HttpServletRequest or servlets.
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Hi,
This is kiran here we are doing data Migration work from Peoplesoft And JDEdwards to SAP.in SAP side it involves Master data tables Related to Customer, Vendor, Material. and Meta data tables related to SD, MM, FI. We as SAP Consultant identified Fields from above tables and marked them as Required, Not required, And Mandatory. The Peoplesoft and JDEdwards flocks come up with the same from their side. Then we want map the Fields. as I am new to data Migration any body suggest me what are the steps involves in data Migration How to do Data Mapping in Migration Thanks in advance.
Thanks
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Good... Check out the following documentation and links
Migrating from one ERP solution to another is a very complex undertaking. I don't think I would start with comparing data structures. It would be better to understand the business flows you have currently with any unique customizations and determine how these could be implemented in your target ERP. Once this is in place, you can determine the necessary data unload/reload to seed your target system.
A real configuration of an ERP system will only happen when there is real data in the system. The mapping of legacy system data to a new ERP is a long difficult process, and choices must be made as to what data gets moved and what gets left behind. The only way to verify what you need to actually run in the new ERP environment is to migrate the data over to the ERP development and test environments and test it. The only way to get a smooth transition to a new ERP is to develop processes as automatic as possible to migrate the data from the old system to the new.
Data loading is not a project that can be done after everything else is ready. Just defining the data in the legacy system is a huge horrible task. Actually mapping it to one of the ERP system schemas is a lesson in pain that must be experienced to be believed.
The scope of a data migration project is usually a fairly large development process with a lot of proprietary code written to extract legacy data, transform and load the data into the ERP system. This process is usually called ETL (extract, transform, load.)
How is data put into the ERP?
There is usually a painfully slow data import facility with most ERP systems. Mashing data into the usually undocumented table schema is also an option, but must be carefully researched. Getting the data out of the legacy systems is usually left to the company buying the ERP. These export - import processes can be complex and slow, sometimes specialized ETL tools can help, sometimes it is easier to use what ever your programmers are familiar with, tools such as C, shell or perl.
An interesting thing to note is that many bugs and quirks of the old systems will be found when the data is mapped and examined. I am always amazed at what data I find in a legacy system, usually the data has no relational integrity , note that it does not have much more integrity once it is placed in an ERP system so accurate and clean data going in helps to create a system that can work.
The Business Analysts (BAs) that are good understand the importance of data migration and have an organized plan to migrate the data, allocate resources, give detailed data maps to the migrators (or help create the maps) and give space estimates to the DBAs. Bad BAs can totally fubar the ERP implementation. If the BAs and management cannot fathom that old data must be mapped to the new system, RUN AWAY. The project will fail.
Check these links
http://pdf.me.uk/informatica/AAHN/INFDI11.pdf
http://researchcenter.line56.com/search/keyword/line56/Edwards%20Sap%20Migration%20Solutions/Edwards%20Sap%20Migration%20Solutions
http://resources.crmbuyer.com/search/keyword/crmbuyer/Scm%20Data%20Migration%20On%20Peoplesoft%20Peoplesoft%20Data%20Migration/Scm%20Data%20Migration%20On%20Peoplesoft%20Peoplesoft%20Data%20Migration
Good Luck and Thanks
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Dear Friends,
We are doing upgration from sap4.7 to ECC6.0.
We have activated new gl. We have configured all ecc6.0 functionality.
But we stuck on data migration from classic gl to new gl.
We want to activate the migration cockpit but system is asking license key.
My question is, which license key it is?
From where we will get this?
Kindly don't send me any links and any documents related to ecc6 functionality.
Please guide us on this.
Thanks & Regards,
Reva NaikHi,
following link may give you some hints:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005vp/helpdata/en/2e/9e4638a28b2763e10000009b38f8cf/frameset.htm
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My daughter is graduating HS (yay!) and going to a great college in the fall (double yay!) and her grandma has given her a nearly-new white MacBook (2.16Ghz) (triple yay!) as a graduation present. Grandma, bless her heart, decided she needed a faster machine. Some people buy sports cars, Grandma likes having the newest and sleekest Mac. We love Grandma!
I am reading up on the steps to help daughter migrate her data from the G4 iMac (which also came from grandma) to the Macbook. It seems fairly simple, and I've done Target Disk before so don't think I can go far wrong but if anyone can check/correct these steps:
1. Backup everything important from the iMac. (mainly her photo and music libraries as all her work is HS related and she's happy to be rid of it) DONE
2. MacBook has grandma's account and preferences set, so we should restore from the install disks to get a fresh start. Right?
3. Once the MacBook is set up with her new account, migrate her stuff over via TDM. I think Migration Assistant won't work due to the disparity between machines.
4. De-authorize the iMac from our family iTunes account (already maxed out) and authorize the MacBook.
5. Install any needed software (MS Office & ?) from disks or .dmg.
6. Either pass iMac on to sibling or completely wipe it and sell it for $10. It has some ailment that is causing me to have to reset the PMU, so I suspect imminent component failure. Excellent time to upgrade!
Thanks for any tips, suggestions, or corrections!
AlanPlease read the following about migrating from a PPC to an Intel Mac:
A Basic Guide for Migrating to Intel-Macs
If you are migrating a PowerPC system (G3, G4, or G5) to an Intel-Mac be careful what you migrate. Keep in mind that some items that may get transferred will not work on Intel machines and may end up causing your computer's operating system to malfunction.
Rosetta supports "software that runs on the PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor that are built for Mac OS X". This excludes the items that are not universal binaries or simply will not work in Rosetta:
Classic Environment, and subsequently any Mac OS 9 or earlier applications
Screensavers written for the PowerPC
System Preference add-ons
All Unsanity Haxies
Browser and other plug-ins
Contextual Menu Items
Applications which specifically require the PowerPC G5
Kernel extensions
Java applications with JNI (PowerPC) libraries
See also What Can Be Translated by Rosetta.
In addition to the above you could also have problems with migrated cache files and/or cache files containing code that is incompatible.
If you migrate a user folder that contains any of these items, you may find that your Intel-Mac is malfunctioning. It would be wise to take care when migrating your systems from a PowerPC platform to an Intel-Mac platform to assure that you do not migrate these incompatible items.
If you have problems with applications not working, then completely uninstall said application and reinstall it from scratch. Take great care with Java applications and Java-based Peer-to-Peer applications. Many Java apps will not work on Intel-Macs as they are currently compiled. As of this time Limewire, Cabos, and Acquisition are available as universal binaries. Do not install browser plug-ins such as Flash or Shockwave from downloaded installers unless they are universal binaries. The version of OS X installed on your Intel-Mac comes with special compatible versions of Flash and Shockwave plug-ins for use with your browser.
The same problem will exist for any hardware drivers such as mouse software unless the drivers have been compiled as universal binaries. For third-party mice the current choices are USB Overdrive or SteerMouse. Contact the developer or manufacturer of your third-party mouse software to find out when a universal binary version will be available.
Also be careful with some backup utilities and third-party disk repair utilities. Disk Warrior 4.1, TechTool Pro 4.6.1, SuperDuper 2.5, and Drive Genius 2.0.2 work properly on Intel-Macs with Leopard. The same caution may apply to the many "maintenance" utilities that have not yet been converted to universal binaries. Leopard Cache Cleaner, Onyx, TinkerTool System, and Cocktail are now compatible with Leopard.
Before migrating or installing software on your Intel-Mac check MacFixit's Rosetta Compatibility Index.
Additional links that will be helpful to new Intel-Mac users:
Intel In Macs
Apple Guide to Universal Applications
MacInTouch List of Compatible Universal Binaries
MacInTouch List of Rosetta Compatible Applications
MacUpdate List of Intel-Compatible Software
Transferring data with Setup Assistant - Migration Assistant FAQ
Because Migration Assistant isn't the ideal way to migrate from PowerPC to Intel Macs, using Target Disk Mode, copying the critical contents to CD and DVD, an external hard drive, or networking
will work better when moving from PowerPC to Intel Macs. The initial section below discusses Target Disk Mode. It is then followed by a section which discusses networking with Macs that lack Firewire.
If both computers support the use of Firewire then you can use the following instructions:
1. Repair the hard drive and permissions using Disk Utility.
2. Backup your data. This is vitally important in case you make a mistake or there's some other problem.
3. Connect a Firewire cable between your old Mac and your new Intel Mac.
4. Startup your old Mac in Target Disk Mode.
5. Startup your new Mac for the first time, go through the setup and registration screens, but do NOT migrate data over. Get to your desktop on the new Mac without migrating any new data over.
If you are not able to use a Firewire connection (for example you have a Late 2008 MacBook that only supports USB:)
1. Set up a local home network: Creating a small Ethernet Network.
2. If you have a MacBook Air or Late 2008 MacBook see the following:
MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008) and MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008)- Migration Tips and Tricks;
MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008) and MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008)- What to do if migration is unsuccessful;
MacBook Air- Migration Tips and Tricks;
MacBook Air- Remote Disc, Migration, or Remote Install Mac OS X and wireless 802.11n networks.
Copy the following items from your old Mac to the new Mac:
In your /Home/ folder: Documents, Movies, Music, Pictures, and Sites folders.
In your /Home/Library/ folder:
/Home/Library/Application Support/AddressBook (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Application Support/iCal (copy the whole folder)
Also in /Home/Library/Application Support (copy whatever else you need including folders for any third-party applications)
/Home/Library/Keychains (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Mail (copy the whole folder)
/Home/Library/Preferences/ (copy the whole folder)
/Home /Library/Calendars (copy the whole folder)
/Home /Library/iTunes (copy the whole folder)
/Home /Library/Safari (copy the whole folder)
If you want cookies:
/Home/Library/Cookies/Cookies.plist
/Home/Library/Application Support/WebFoundation/HTTPCookies.plist
For Entourage users:
Entourage is in /Home/Documents/Microsoft User Data
Also in /Home/Library/Preferences/Microsoft
Credit goes to Macjack for this information.
If you need to transfer data for other applications please ask the vendor or ask in the Discussions where specific applications store their data.
5. Once you have transferred what you need restart the new Mac and test to make sure the contents are there for each of the applications.
Written by Kappy with additional contributions from a brody.
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Wiki migration from 10.6.8 to 10.10 Server 4 no data loaded
I'm trying to migrate wiki from an old OSX Server 10.6.8 to a brand new installation of 10.10.1 with Server App ver 4.
I followed the article at http://krypted.com/mac-os-x/setup-os-x-yosemite-server-as-a-wiki-server/
I used the migration method:
1) copy the /Library/Collaboration folder to Yosemite Server ~/Desktop/Collaboration
2) changed owner to _teamserver of the copied folder
3) started wiki service
4) created a new wiki
5) configure accounts to access LDAP of the old server
6) run sudo wikiadmin migrate -r ~/Desktop/Collaboration
No wiki were created. The log file shows that no users and groups found.
Extract of the log:
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [CSConfig.m:128 7db9d300 +0ms] CSConfig: Initializing or updating cached config file: /Library/Server/Wiki/Config/collabd.plist because file mod date 2014-12-15 11:07:02 +0000 is newer than cached file mod date (null)
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [main.m:90 7db9d300 +0ms] Wikiadmin trying to start PGCServer...
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [main.m:96 7db9d300 +135ms] PGCServer started.
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [main.m:237 7db9d300 +0ms] Repository location appears to be a relative path (/Users/micei/desktop/Collaboration), prepending --sourceRoot ()
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [main.m:240 7db9d300 +0ms] Repository location is /Users/micei/desktop/Collaboration
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [main.m:255 7db9d300 +2ms] Updating schema to current version
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [SchemaMigrator.m:142 7db9d300 +0ms] Updating schema to latest schema version (166)
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [SchemaMigrator.m:148 7db9d300 +0ms] Bumping schema to version (166)
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [SchemaMigrator.m:351 7db9d300 +5ms] Schema updates completed.
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [main.m:258 7db9d300 +0ms] Running migration from source location /Users/micei/desktop/Collaboration
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [MigrationController.m:724 7db9d300 +0ms] Migrating...
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [MigrationController.m:730 7db9d300 +47ms] Migrating known users
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Warning>: [UserMigrator.m:259 7db9d300 +0ms] No Users directory found. Skipping.
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [MigrationController.m:732 7db9d300 +0ms] Generating placeholders for all known pages and wikis
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Warning>: [ProjectMigrator.m:259 7db9d300 +0ms] No Groups directory found. Skipping.
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [MigrationController.m:734 7db9d300 +0ms] Found 0 pages belonging to 0 wikis and 1 users.
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [MigrationController.m:737 7db9d300 +0ms] Re-scanning 0 pages for pasted image/attachment URLs
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [MigrationController.m:522 7db9d300 +0ms] Copying content to real tables...
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [MigrationController.m:627 7db9d300 +14ms] Destroying migration entity and scratch tables...
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [MigrationController.m:655 7db9d300 +45ms] Done
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [MigrationController.m:747 7db9d300 +0ms] Importing user preferences
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [MigrationController.m:693 7db9d300 +4ms] Rebuilding search index...
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [CSLocalServiceLocator.m:173 7db9d300 +1ms] Allocating service ContentService
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [CSConfig.m:128 cb84000 +33ms] CSConfig: Initializing or updating cached config file: /Library/Server/Wiki/Config/collabd-search.plist because file mod date 2014-12-15 11:07:02 +0000 is newer than cached file mod date (null)
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [CSLocalServiceLocator.m:173 cc07000 +0ms] Allocating service HTMLFilterService
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [MigrationController.m:719 7db9d300 +118ms] Done
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [MigrationController.m:753 7db9d300 +0ms] Migration complete
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [main.m:261 7db9d300 +0ms] Running post-migration updates
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [SchemaMigrator.m:366 7db9d300 +3ms] Running post-migration updates...
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [SchemaMigrator.m:104 7db9d300 +0ms] Executing migration SQL script /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/share/collabd/server/sql/migra tions/36.sql
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [CSExecutionTimer.m:14 7db9d300 +6ms] TIMER: 6ms ---> migration #36
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [SchemaMigrator.m:104 7db9d300 +0ms] Executing migration SQL script /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/share/collabd/server/sql/migra tions/48.sql
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [CSExecutionTimer.m:14 7db9d300 +1ms] TIMER: 2ms ---> migration #48
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [SchemaMigrator.m:116 7db9d300 +0ms] Executing migration block #58
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [CSExecutionTimer.m:14 7db9d300 +1ms] TIMER: 2ms ---> migration #58
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [SchemaMigrator.m:104 7db9d300 +0ms] Executing migration SQL script /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/share/collabd/server/sql/migra tions/68.sql
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [CSExecutionTimer.m:14 7db9d300 +2ms] TIMER: 3ms ---> migration #68
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [SchemaMigrator.m:116 7db9d300 +0ms] Executing migration block #160
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [CSExecutionTimer.m:14 7db9d300 +0ms] TIMER: 1ms ---> migration #160
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [SchemaMigrator.m:374 7db9d300 +0ms] Post-migration updates completed.
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [SchemaMigrator.m:379 7db9d300 +6ms] Performing a VACUUM FULL ANALYZE of user_activity
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [main.m:264 7db9d300 +39ms] Done
Dec 16 12:35:20 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [main.m:516 7db9d300 +0ms] Wikiadmin trying to stop PGCServer...
Dec 16 12:35:21 Micheles-iMac.local wikiadmin[1307] <Info>: [main.m:519 7db9d300 +130ms] PGCServer stopped.
Please help meI have a bad 10.8 server, and what I did to rescue my WIKI
1- Listed users on old wiki server " dscacheutil -q user | grep -A 3 -B 2 -e uid:\ 5'[0-9][0-9]' ", I dont use open directory
2- Create an new 1.8.5 server
3- Create users on new server (keep an eye on order of creation ID is more important than username)
4- Turned on Wiki *Important starts up service for 1st time
5- Then followed these instuctions on: http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT5585
*Wiki worked
6 -Then Upgraded form 10-8-5 to Yosemithe server
ALL WORKS
*Note1: Apple's KB note has 10.6 to 8 migration which I did not use, try that before
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