Migrating SolMan to HEC questions

Hi Experts!
If we move SolMan 7.0 to HEC, do we need to upgrade to 7.1 first and then migrate to HEC?
If an upgrade must be done first, is there an approach, like for BW, to upgrade and migrate in one step to HEC?
Any possibility of migrating to HEC first and then performing the upgrade to 7.1?
We are trying to avoid a two step process (upgrade/migrate) and combine into one step.
Thanks.
S

Setup Assistant is the best method for migrating. What normally slows down a computer is not enough RAM, a setting that has gone amiss possibly installing antivirus or other performance enhancing (actually performance robbing) applications. You can break down the migration to be apps, settings, data files etc. IMHO the VERY best thing you can do is to ensure your old machine is up-to-date in all the applications it has, ensure not antivirus or performance robbing apps are uninstalled per the developers instructions and that it's running well. The back the old machine to a Time Machine external HD> DO NOT USE a NAS to backup!
If you are worried about apps then don't migrate them, do a manual re-install on all your legacy apps. However remember mavericks will not run PPC based apps so if you have any legacy apps that are PPC based then upgrade or replace them because they will NOT work in Mavericks.
To be honest you are probably worrying about this too much, doing a migration is extremely simple and efficient assuming you follow some basic rules:
1. Restore from Time Machine or a bootable clone external HD, NOT A NAS
2. DO NOT attempt a wireless migration unless you don't mind it to take weeks, no I am not kidding!
To get your libraries on the external HD recognized simply connect the external HD to the new machine and double click the libraries and the app will launch and link to the EHD.
AGAIN DO NOT USE A NAS for backing up or restoring. At best they are unreliable and worst they fail to connect at all.

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Just used Migration assistant to transfer from my PPC G5 to my new Intel MacPro.
Seems to have (mostly) worked. I see my documents and my applications. All looks to be in order. But iTunes and iPhoto show no files at all-- and I have lots!
Is there anything else that likely did not "really" migrate?
Also, my company plans to pass on the old Mac to a new guy starting next week, but here I have another issue-- a message stating: A static IP address on built-in ethernet has been transferred to this new machine. Make sure to not connect your old computer to the same network." That's not gonna cut it. We bought his new Mac "in addition to "not "instead of."
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Folders You Can Move to Your new Mac
From the Home folder copy the contents of Documents, Movies, Music, Pictures, and Sites.
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/com.apple.mail.plist (* This is a very important file which contains all email account settings and general mail preferences.)
/Home/Library/Preferences/ copy any preferences needed for third-party applications
/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 another forum user for this information.
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Not weird at all. You migrated a PPC system to an Intel system. A perfect situation for disaster. You have but one viable option.
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When this is completed reinstall all your third-party software from scratch. If you have PPC only versions then upgrade them to Intel versions if you can. All third-party contextual menu items, preference panes, startup items, internet plug-ins, and the like must be replaced with universal binaries as the PPC versions will not work and may crash OS X.
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Rosetta supports "software that runs on the PowerPC G3 or G4 processor that are built for Mac OS X". This excludes the items that are not universal binaries or simply will not work in Rosetta:
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2. Connect a Firewire cable between your old Mac and your new Intel Mac.
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4. 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.
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In your /Home/Library/ folder:
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/Home/Library/Preferences/ (copy the whole folder)
/Home /Library/iTunes (copy the whole folder)
/Home /Library/Safari (copy the whole folder)
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/Home/Library/Application Support/WebFoundation/HTTPCookies.plist
For Entourage users:
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Also in /Home/Library/Preferences/Microsoft
Credit goes to another forum user for this information.
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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.
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Revised 3/12/2008
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Message was edited by: Kappy

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>
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Will XP be ok to use via bootcamp?
Does it matter if it's OEM?

Technically it's Lion Boot Camp Assistant doesn't support XP, it is after all 11 years old, and is a booger Microsoft is even trying to flick off with hardly much success.
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I am finally migrating from a PowerMac G5 to a MacPro. Like most people, my time is short and I'd like to hit the ground running.
First, note that I didn't buy my MacPro at Apple, so I'm unable to take part in the file migration that Apple offers.
My goal is to keep running for now and do the migration over time:
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but migrating apps is pretty much a risk, I still see it cause trouble going from PM G5s to Mac Pro even when done carefully.
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