Switching essbase servers

Does anyone know the steps to switch the essbase server that planning uses? I'm on 9.2.0.3. Steps I tried:
1. install the essbase server and register
2. change the connections in Planning desktop to point to this new server
3. tried creating dbs from desktop on the new server.
4. Had to manual create the planning applicatiion in essbase and then i was able to use "create" in desktop and it created the planning dbs, although there were some errors in generating some member formuals.
5. confirmed the dbs (plan types) were created
6. regenerated the hspjshome.properties file
7. restarted planning etc.
problem is i can log into planning (web) at all. I'm not sure these steps are correct and I'm not sure that its even possible to switch essbase servers. Any one have insight. I tried to "Setup" a new application from desktop on my new essbase server, but it won't let me use the relational datasources because they still seem tied to the old essbase apps. The old essbase server is still out there with the old apps. Shuold I have deleted the apps through desktop and used the Setup page to recreate the apps on the new server, since manually creating the apps on the new essbase server and then using planning desktop to create the dbs doesnt seem to work correctly.

Hi,
The problem may be around shared services, you have provisioned a planning app against one essbase server and now you are trying to use another.
I would try and just do this as a typical migratation if you are having such problems, I take it only the essbase server has changed and nothing else,
back up your relational database and any essbase components,
unregister the application from HSS,
remove the app,
make sure all UDL is looking at the new essbase server.
create the app again.
stop planning,
restore the backed up relational db,
start planning,
make sure you can log in with no problems ( as the shared services server has not changed the admin native sid should be the same so in theory you shouldnt have to update the users table)
run a desktop planning create
restore any other essbase components such as data, scripts etc
Cheers
John

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h5. Alternative
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