IBM FileNet Content Manager 5.2.1 – Migrate Applications

Upon completion of this course, participants are able to:

• Describe the process of moving FileNet P8 applications between environments.
• Plan and prepare for application migration.
• Export the application assets.
• Convert the assets for import.
•  Analyze the impact of the import to the destination environment.
• Import the application assets into the destination environment.
• Automate FileNet P8 asset migration with the FileNet Deployment Manager command line interface.

• IBM Content Navigator 2.0.3.6: Introduction, or equivalent knowledge (F270G)
• IBM FileNet Content Manager 5.2.1: Introduction, or equivalent knowledge (F280G)
• IBM FileNet Content Manager 5.2.1: Work with object metadata, or equivalent knowledge (F282G)
• IBM FileNet Content Manager 5.2.1: Security, or equivalent knowledge (F283G)
• FileNet P8 terminology, including: Content Platform Engine, IBM Content Navigator, object stores, objects.
• Configuring desktops in IBM Content Navigator.

Administrators who are responsible for

• Migrating and deploying IBM FileNet Content Manager Applications between environments.

Solution Builders who are responsible for

• Packaging IBM FileNet Content Manager Applications in preparation for migration and deployment to other environments.

Application migration overview

• Describe the process of moving IBM FileNet Content Manager Applications between environments.
• Identify the IBM FileNet Content Manager Application elements.
• Order and describe the migration and deployment phases.
• List the tools that are used for application migration and deployment.

Plan and prepare for application migration

• Explore the Sales Application package.
• Verify object store Add-ons.
• Create a deployment tree.
• Create a source environment.
• Create a destination environment.
• Extract the destination environment half maps.

Export the application assets

• Export the FileNet P8 application assets.
• Extract the service data half map.
• Create a deploy package.
• Export an IBM Content Navigator desktop.

Convert and analyze the FileNet P8 assets

• Prepare for asset conversion
• Convert the FileNet P8 assets
• Run a pre-import analysis

Import the application assets

• Run prerequisite tasks.
• Import the FileNet P8 assets.
• Import the Sales desktop.

Automate deployment operations with FileNet Deployment Manager command line

• FileNet Deployment Manager command line introduction.
• Deployment Operation command line syntax.
• Deployment operations.
• How to create a deployment operation file.

Appendix

• Start and Stop System Components.