Lessons Learned on Six Siebel 8.0 Upgrades - Nor Cal OAUG January 21, 2009

Hi All,
We are presenting an interesting Siebel 8 upgrade session at Nor Cal OAUG. The session is on January 21, 2009 in Santa Clara.
This session should be very valuable for anyone interested in upgrading their Siebel application. In this session you will hear a firsthand account of what worked well and what did not work so well on numerous Siebel upgrades.
Please join me if you can,
R
Robert Ponder
Lead Architect and Director
Ponder Pro Serve
cell: 770.490.2767
fax: 770.412.8259
email: [email protected]
web: www.ponderproserve.com

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Lessons Learned On Eight Siebel 8.0 Upgrades Available For Your Reference

Hi All,
We just posted our Siebel 8.0 lessons learned presentation on our support site.
http://ponderproserve.com/support.html
R
Robert Ponder
Lead Architect and Director
Ponder Pro Serve
cell: 770.490.2767
fax: 770.412.8259
email: [email protected]
web: www.ponderproserve.com

I may have confused you: Lenovo provides two tools, 1) one makes DVDs that restore the original out-of-the-box factory image of the entire disk (i.e. System partition, C: + Q: partitions) and 2) Backup and Restore, which is the Lenovo user backup tool that does conventional full disk backups, i.e. with all user customizations, added programs and files. Since my system-generation-to-SSD saga hadn't created the the Q: partition correctly, my only alternative was to create a full up-t-date disk backup with the second Backup and Restore tool that include all the Windows + Lenovo updates, but didn't include extra programs and my user files. This fitted on 5 DVDs, which I will use if ever I reinstall the entire operating system.
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ECC 6.0 Upgrade - Tips, Tricks, Lessons Learned needed (Esp. in SD, LO, MM)

Greetings Experts!
I am searching for information and/or documentation in regards to tips, tricks, lessons learned, and "steps to take" while upgrading to ECC 6.0 (from 4.6c, to be specific).
We have the install guides, and I'm currently looking at the ERP Solution browser to discern the differences between the two releases... however, we're in need of information on specific actions or things to look for after the technical upgrade. I am having trouble finding any SAP documentation of this kind.
Links to SAP documentation are highly desired. Personal documentation in this regard would be highly appreciated as well! My e-mail address is in my profile.
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Cheryl

Try these links. It might be of interest to you:
https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/HOME/ERP2005+Upgrade
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_02/helpdata/en/43/68805bb88f297ee10000000a422035/frameset.htm
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/webcontent/uuid/7308da46-0d01-0010-30aa-b61527ba008c?rid=/library/uuid/9cfdd546-0d01-0010-6688-ba8ddc48edc9 [original link is broken]
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http://www.sap.com/solutions/business-suite/erp/pdf/ERP_Upgrade_Guide.pdf
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In respect to the Superdome we are considering upgrading to the 8900 chip set (as Itanium is not quite where it is supposed to be). Given that this upgrade will be based on the same technology and operating system my take is that this approach may be the less intrusive (compared to changing the platform anp porting to a new ops system). I am wondering if folks are here with similar experiences and the lessons learned. Are there any pit falls to watch out for? Any feedback input is appriciated.
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Perhaps that has some level of reality to it. But when it happens to you, no amount of "happy" stories from others fixes the issue that you happen to be suffering through at the moment. I'm sure that many people have seamless experiences, but in my case, I keep running into upgrade issues. And they seem to be all over the place as far as problems. No trends; nothing repeatable from upgrade to upgrade. Don't get me wrong, I'm sticking with my Mac; but it's definitely not trouble free for me. If I have learned one major lesson, it will be that I will definitely pay for the extended service next time. I didn't do that the first time because I listened to the "It just Works" claims. But my reality is different. It's funny, whenever Apple issues another update, I actually get a little queasy feeling, knowing that something is going to come back and bite me in the a$$

Tips / Lesson Learn: Upgrading from ECC 5.0 to ECC 6.0 w/ Unicode

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Security: Lessons learned from Analysis Authorization Upgrade

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Is there anyone here willing to share thier lessons learned about the environment, hardware, software, configuration, service development, integration, ISF, service migrate (promotion), etc. ?
In particular from one major release to another (ie: v2005 -> v2006). Please note the from / to and hardware / environment used in your posts.
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ThinkPad
Thumbs up. Easy to replace the HDD with an SSD and move the HDD into an Ultradrive caddy. Sturdy. Easy to work on. Well documented. Hardware that I didn't want to replace.
Microsoft Windows 7
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Lenovo forums & support pages
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I just want to know if there is any interest in a lessons learned information in the wiki pages.
Idea is to enlighten security minded persons of some of the security holes there are in the system.
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Bump.
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