Problem capturing source model sybase apative server 11.5.1

Question

Trying to migrate production Sybase Adaptive Server database to
Oracle using Oracle Migratin Workbench-Sybase Plugin. It fails
duing loading source model stage. Sybase database is not going
to be available to us for long as companies are separating by
december end, four databases need to be migrated by then. It is
very important to get the migratin done and there is no
workaround this problem. This is showstopper for migration
project right now.
Details:
Oracle Migration Workbench with sybase adaptive server 11 plugin
     2.0.2.0.0     Production Build 20011121 Windows-
2000professional
Oracle Database               8.1.7          Solaris 8
Sybase Database               Sybase Adaptive Server 11.5.1
     Solaris 8
Source ODBC Driver          3.11.00.01 Windows-
2000Professional
Stage of migration: Loading Source Database
Error Text on alert window:
Failed to load Source Model. [INTERSOLV][ODBC SQL Server driver]
[SQL Server]Invalid column name 'fill_factor'
Error Text in the log file:
EXCEPTION : LoadTableData.run() : SYBASE11_SYSINDEXES [INTERSOLV]
[ODBC SQL Server driver][SQL Server]Invalid column
name 'fill_factor'.
After Investingation it looks like the table sybase11_sysindexes
in OMWB repository has four columns extra than the sysindexes
table in sybase database. The additional four columns are:
fill_factor, res_page_gap, exp_rowsize, key3. OMWB load source
model step fails on the first column.
Trying to load the sybase source model using Oracle Migration
Workbench.
Oracle Migration workbench was running.
Oracle Migratin workbench capture wizard was running.
Installed OMWB and sybase apative server 11 plugin for OMWB.
Installed Sybase client for windows and ODBC drivers.
Configured ODBC for sybase database as a system DSN.
Created empty scheama with connect and resource privilages for
OMWB repository on Oracle 8.1.7 on solaris 8.
Started OMWB, created repository in the empty scheama created
above.
Clicked on capture source database wizard.
Provided the userid, password and database for sybase database.
Selected not to generate Oracle model, as it can be generated
afterwards.
Clicked finish on the wizard.
OMWB started reading sybase system repository tables, it did a
few tables and then the above error message appeared.
This is a fresh install of Windows 2000 Professional.
The only oracle product installed in OMWB and the Sybase
Apadative server 11 Plugin for OMWB.
The other software is Sybase client for windows (To do queries
on Sybase database) and the sybase ODBC driver.
No other significant software is installed, it a vanila windows
2000 Professional installation.
There is oracle tar for this. TAR 1828907.995
Any help is appriciated.
Thanks,
Prashant

Answer 1

Hi,
Without seeing the full error.log file here are some suggestions.
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From Prashant's e-mail it appears that the data dictionary's of11.5.1.
and 11.9.2 are different.
A possible alternative that may help i.e. removing the 4 extracolumns
that Prashant talks about from the Workbench source model e.g.
Sybase11_sysindexes. This may help you get around this issue
If that does not work. One possible workaround is as follows.
Extract the Schema generation scripts from the Sybase 11.5.1database
and re-create the schema in Sybase 11.9.2. You don't have tomove the data.
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You can then migrate the schema from the Sybase 11.9.2database. Once
the schema is migrated you can generate the SQL Loader scripts to
migrate the data. Click on the Tools menu and then select the'Generate
SQL Loader Scripts...' menu item. This will generate Sybase BCPdata
extraction scripts. These scripts will extract the Sybase datafrom each
table into a separate .dat file. You can then use the SQL Loaeder
scripts that were also generated to load this data in to thedestination
Oracle database.
Regards
John