Migration Advice needed

Hello
We are migrating from EP 6.0 SP2 to EP 7.0
The EP 6.0 is on Windows / MsSql and the target would be on Linux/oracle.
A proof of concept was attempted almost an year ago and there too many problems during the migration.
Here are the steps that were followed:
1. upgrade EP 6.0 SP2 PL 5 to EP 6.0 SP2 PL 27 on Windows
2. Export / Import into NW2004 SP09 on Windows 2003 / MSSQL 2000
3. Upgrade to NW2004S ( EP 7.0 SPS12)
4. System Copy to NW2004S ( EP 7.0 SPS12) on Linux / Oracle 10G (10.2.0.2)
Unfortunately not much documentation was maintained while the above was done and I am entrusted with repeating this for Production.
Considering that this was done almost a year back, is the new migration tool able to achieve the above in a better way with lesser downtime / problems?
It would really be wonderful if someone could share their experience with a similar migration.
Thanks much in advance
Hari

Hi, Gopalan:
We done a migrate+upgrade EP project in this year earlier.
Here are the steps I done in the project.
In migrate phase,
Source DEV: Win2K / Oracle 9.2.0.4 / EP6 SP2,PL4,HF6 (machine A)
1) known SAPPCD, SAPWCM password on Oracle db.
2) apply Oracle 9.2.0.8 patchset (note 556950)
2.1) apply Oracle 9.2.0.8 patch set.
2.2) make sure SAPWCM account has DBA role.
2.3) execute post-install command (note 539921)
3) Upgrae EP component
3.1) make sure all KM repositories working properly.
3.2) modify timeout parameter (note 769859, 786452)
3.3) get latest SDM from SAP service marketplace.(note 544979,532892)
3.4) get latest SAPCAR.EXE from SAP service marketplace.
3.5) apply EP SP2, PL4, HF8 (note 739526, 658210)
3.6) apply KMC SP2,PL4,HF8 (note 523026, 786452)
3.7) install latest SAP Java Lib (note 798531)
3.8) install latest J2EE engine patchlevel (note 957235, 529088, 738921, 635453, 616501)
3.9) install latest EP patchlevel (note 1009776, 806271)
3.10) install KMC SP2,PL5 (note 523026, 761224)
3.11) install KMC SP2,PL5,HF4 (note 785799)
3.12) install KMC SP2,HF41 (1006181)
3.13) check EP and KMC repository can logon and working properly.
Target DEV: Win2K (machine B)
4) Install NW04 EP6
4.1) install latest J2SDK 1.4.2
4.2) install Oracle 9.2.0.1
4.3) apply Oracle 9.2.0.8 patchset
4.4) install NW04
4.5) install EP
4.6) install KM & Collaboration
4.7) install Application Sharing Server for Collaboration
4.8) apply NW04 SP21 (note 1121524, 1019335, 1035612, 1109812, )
5) Migrate source EP to target EP
5.0) You can find the document which included in SAP migration tool.
5.1) KMC pre-migration phase
5.2) EP pre-migration phase
5.3) execute KMC migration.
5.4) execute EP migration.
in upgrade phase,
6) Upgrade Win2K to Win2003 SR2.
7) Upgrade Oracle from 9.2.0.8 to 10.2
8) Upgrade NW04 EP6.0 to NW7 EP7.0
I put some migration-related data on the web, you can get from following link.
[http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=00ef375e0de1e59bd2db6fb9a8902bda|http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=00ef375e0de1e59bd2db6fb9a8902bda]

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Thanks!

Second thing - every forum/website I have looked at all highlight the same problems with the MB and MBP - disc drives sticking, fan and overheating issues, faulty displays and so on. It's got me second guessing my purchase but I really want the Mac to record with, and I'm sick of Windows. I realize every computer is not perfect but from what I can tell there is an enormous amount of dissatisfaction with these issues. What's more is that people actually seem to acknowledge the problems but oddly many seem to accept them just because it's an Apple. I really don't want to shell out so much money to experience a major problem after a few weeks of use. I live in a rural area and taking it to a store is not really doable for me.
Welcome to Apple Discussions!
This is a troubleshooting forum. Therefore the majority of the issues you see here are due to the rare lemon, and people still facing a learning curve with computers not knowing what they are doing which may create more issues than solve them. Most people with Macs are very satisfied and don't see these issues. People are too quick to blame the computer or the operating system when the issue is they are doing repairs to systems that otherwise are not broken and then breaking them in the process. If they had just followed some simple rules issues like these would not happen.
So the best thing to do when migrating you to the Mac is to get you started on the right step. If you want to have room to upgrade to Logic Pro a MacBook Pro is probably wiser than a MacBook. You'll have more expansion room in terms of peripherals. The lack of an Express/34 port and a Firewire 800 port really weaken the strength of a simple MacBook when it comes to people in the audio and video editing industry. It is nice to be able to add drives to different buses so editing is faster. Express/34 SATA/II cards are even faster than USB or Firewire when adding an external hard drive.
In the beginning a MacBook is not a bad option, but given where you want to go, don't cheat yourself by only getting a MacBook.

G5 to Mac pro upgrade/transfer/cannibal advice needed

My Mac g5 (2.5 dual) was dead this morning, (PMU or the motherboard ???). Rather than putting more money into it, I purchased a new Mac Pro today. Since I can't start up my old computer at all, I need some upgrade/transfer/cannibalize advice.
1) Can I just put my drives from the G5 into the new drive slots? (I will really need to get to my files ASAP when it gets here)
2) Do you recommend using Migration Assistant or clean installs of all programs? Obviously, MA would be so much faster but I am not sure how dependable it is
3) Can I use the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 (256MB) card from the G5 as an extra? Or just sell it with the G5 for parts?
4) Is there a list somewhere that shows compatible hardware and software? I'm using 10.5 so Snow Leopard is new to me. I'd like to keep from spending money on peripherals.
5) Did I forget anything? Any additional tips would be appreciated
TIA

Hi-
There is a list of SL compatible software here:
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
More here:
http://www.macintouch.com/specialreports/snowleopard/slcompat.html
Here is an article on incompatible apps:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3258
Another:
http://guides.macrumors.com/Listof_Applications_Not_Compatible_with_SnowLeopard
Hardware-wise, peripherals shouldn't be much of an issue unless they require third party drivers that weren't updated.
Your G5 internal parts are limited to hard drives for compatibility.
You do want to be aware of hard drive format differences for Intel Macs and PPC Macs regarding GPT (GUID Partition Table) and Apple Partition Map (APM).
Intel Macs boot to either, but PPC Macs only boot to APM.
Intel Mac software (OS) installer only want to install and update to GPT, so if you want to use existing drives to install OS X SL to, you will need to reformat the drive.

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