5 Migrating Equipment Specs

This chapter describes how to migrate information with Oracle Communication MetaSolv Solution Data Selection Tool (DST) Equipment Spec module.

About the Equipment Specs Migration

The DST Equipment Spec module migrates equipment specs and their following related information:

• Equipment spec options

• Equipment spec port addresses

• Equipment spec mounting positions including number range and port address placeholders

• Equipment type

If you choose to migrate an equipment spec and that spec already exists in the target database:

• You are prompted whether to continue migrating the spec.

• If you continue migrating the spec, the following occurs:

  • The existing spec in the target database is marked inactive and the issue number is incremented.

  • The spec from the source database is added to the target database with an issue number of 1.

  • Installed equipment based on the existing spec is not affected; it continues to use the inactivated spec. However, you will not be able to install new equipment based on that existing spec.

Specs that are migrated have a last modified user ID of ”migr” in the database. This enabled you to identify any specs that were migrated from another database as opposed to being entered manually.

Migrating Equipment Specs

To migrate equipment specs:

1. Click the Equip Spec button.

   If the Source list is empty, your source database does not contain any equipment specs

2. Click the Targ Logon button to select the target database. The target database is the one you want to copy equipment specs to.

   The Environment Login window is displayed.

3. In the Userid field, enter your user name.

4. In the Password field, enter your password.

5. In the Database field, enter the database server name.

6. Click OK.

   Note:

   Your database access is limited to accessible databases in your .TNS names files and your .INI files.

   After you connect to your target database, the Target list is populated with the product specs in the target database.

   Note:

   If you click the Pick Prod(s) button before you choose a target database, an error message is displayed. Click OK and then click the Targ Logon button.

7. Click the Pick Spec(s) button.

   The Equipment Spec Query window is displayed that allows you to select the equipment specs you want to migrate. For example, you may want to migrate only the DACs equipment or a DSX panel.

8. Enter your search criteria and click Retrieve.

   The list of equipment specs is displayed on the Results tab.

9. Select the equipment specs you want to migrate and click Migr Spec(s).

   The Migrating Equipment Specs progress meter displays, showing you the progress of migrating the selected specs.

   If one of the selected specs already exists in the target database, an error message is displayed that allows you to choose whether to continue migrating that spec. The progress meter displays the spec that is duplicate. Click Yes if you want to deactivate the existing spec and remigrate from the source; otherwise, click No.

10. After the equipment specs migration process is complete, review the Migration Log to ensure that the selected equipment specs migrated successfully.

    The following equipment specs are displayed with a status of Cancelled in the Migration Log:

    • The duplicate equipment specs that you opted not to migrate.

    • Any equipment specs that errored out during the migration process.

    The Migration Log also lists any new equipment spec types that you added to the target database.

11. To validate that the equipment specs migrated properly to the target database, click the Equip Specs button on the main toolbar, and then click the Targ Logon button to refresh the information that is displayed for the target database.