Manually migrating 11g - 12c objects

Question

Hi, we're getting ready to start testing the 11g to 12c migration, and I have a question about manually migrating the web catalog and RPD vs. using the BAR file. I'd honestly prefer to manually migrate them - just because I know the BAR file includes stuff like instanceconfig, NQServer.ini, etc. - and I don't necessarily want to copy those over. I'd prefer to do a "clean" 12c install and then just copy the RPD and catalog (all of our security settings need manually set up in EM anyways, so the BAR file doesn't buy me a lot).

Has anyone run into any issues with this?

Thx,

Scott

SPowell42 · Answer

Thanks all, I thought I had read that the .bar file would also migrate settings out of the NQSConfig, instanceconfig.xml, etc. I'll try to find the reference I was reading and call it out here, so we can either shoot it down as not true, or correct my poor interpretation of it.

In my case, I'm just trying to get a "clean" system without any baggage from 11g. We use custom external database authentication, so setting that up already needs to be done manually. But if there's no risk of bringing across system settings, etc. from the old system, then I may go the bar file approach anyways.

Thanks!

Scott

[Deleted User] · Answer

So you just want RPD and webcat then and that's it?

rmoff · Answer

The BAR file *doesn't* include config files. It's just security (policy store), RPD, and catalog. When you import the BAR manually (importServiceInstance) you can specify flags to include one or all of these content in the import. The BAR file can be unarchived using zip, so you can see for yourself what's in it.