1. Preface

1.1 Introduction

Customers who use the lower versions of Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking Solutions may need to upgrade to the latest version as the support to the older versions will phase out.

This document guides you through the standard strategy for the upgrade activity. In this document, you can find necessary information required to carry out the upgrade activity from any lower version of Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking Solutions to the latest version.

1.2 Intended Audience

This document is intended for the following audience:

1.3 Documentation Accessibility

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1.4 Scope

This document covers the upgrade strategy/methodology for migration from lower version of Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking Solutions (6.2.1.2) to the latest version (12.0.1).

Note

Upgrade from versions FCC6.3, FCC6.4 and FCC6.5 are not in the scope as the target versions may not have all the features of the source version.

1.5 Organization

This manual is organized into the following chapters:

Chapter Description
Chapter 1 Preface gives information on the intended audience. It also lists the various chapters covered in this User Manual.
Chapter 2 Upgrade and Conversion Approach gives an outline of the upgrade and conversion approaches. This also provides a summary of all the activities involved in the entire upgrade process.
Chapter 3 Mock Upgrade discusses the prerequisites and guides you through the process of mock upgrade of Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Bank­ing Solutions from a lower version to higher version.
Chapter 4 Module Upgrade discusses the data migration methods specific to Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking Solutions modules, which is part of the mock upgrade activity.
Chapter 5 Cut-over Upgrade Activities explains the activities that you need to carry out during cut-over.
Chapter 6 Conversion Script Generation Tool discusses the method to use the Dynamic Script Generation tool, which makes the target database compatible with the front end application deployed.
Chapter 7 Data Reconciliation explains the use of Upgrade Reconciliation Tool, which compares the data on the source and target versions after migration and after running a parallel EOD.
Chapter 8 Annexure provides the details of utility scripts and conversion scripts used in the upgrade process.
Chapter 9 Glossary of Scripts lists out the scripts and links to the places in the document wherever they are used.

1.6 Related Information Sources

For more information, refer to the following documents: