Database Migration Scenarios

You may have to migrate the database if you are in the following situations:

• Migrating from 3.6.x on Solaris 8 OS, Solaris 9 OS, or Solaris 10 6/06 or earlier version.

• Migrating from 3.6.x on Solaris 8 OS, Solaris 9 OS, or Solaris 10 6/06 or earlier version to Sun Management Center 4.0 x86 server.

To migrate the database, do either one of the following:

1. Apply the data migration patch.

   1. Download the patch from http://www.sunsolve.sun.com.

      Different patch IDs are applicable for different versions of the Solaris operating system. Choose the patch based on the Solaris version of your installation. The patch IDs are as follows:

      • Solaris 8 SPARC: 123920-04

      • Solaris 9 SPARC: 123921-04

      • Solaris 10 SPARC: 123923-04

   2. Untar and then unzip the downloaded patch archive file.

   3. Install the patch using the patchadd command.

2. Uninstall Sun Management Center 3.6.1 and preserve the data.

3. Install Sun Management Center 4.0.

4. Upgrade the operating system to Solaris 10 11/06 or Solaris 10 8/07.

or

1. Apply the database upgrade patch.

2. Follow the server migration procedure described in http://www.sun.com/software/whitepapers/solaris9/sunmc_datamigration.pdf to move the data to a Solaris 10 11/06 SPARC or x86 system.