About the Migration Task Flow

You use migration tools to migrate Oracle Analytics Cloud - Classic instances on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Before you start the migration, you need to prepare and set up a target Oracle Analytics Cloud instance ondata Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Here's what you need to do.

Overview

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Prepare to Migrate

Task Description More Information
Plan your new service Plan your Oracle Analytics Cloud deployment on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Think about what you want before you start.

Plan Your Service on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Complete your order and sign in to your Oracle Cloud account

You must have a subscription for Oracle Analytics Cloud (or Oracle Analytics Cloud Subscription) to create services on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

As Cloud Account Administrator, you can complete all setup tasks.

Signing in for the First Time
Migrate users and groups
  • Migrate users and groups from Oracle Identity Cloud Service
  • Migrate users and roles from embedded WebLogic LDAP
Reconfigure single-sign on (Optional) If SAML Single Sign-on (SSO) is configured in your source environment using samlssodocker, set up SSO in your target environment.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management Identity Domains
Oracle Identity Cloud Service
Integrate with external identity providers

(Optional) Integrate with external identity providers in your target environment. For example, Microsoft Active Directory and other identity providers that support the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Identity and Access Management Identity Domains

Oracle Identity Cloud Service
Create a service on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Create an Oracle Analytics Cloud instance with the required size and shape on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

If you subscribe through Universal Credits, create the service with Oracle Analytics Cloud on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (Gen 2).

If you have a non-metered subscription, create the service with Oracle Analytics Cloud Subscription.

Create a Service with Oracle Analytics Cloud

Create a Service with Oracle Analytics Cloud Subscription

Verify your service Verify that your service is up and running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and that you can sign in. Verify Your Service and Sign In
Reconfigure connections to your data

Update connection information on the target Oracle Analytics Cloud instance.

If your data is stored in a database on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic you must move the data to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

Connect to Your Data
Add the IP address of your service to allowlists If you registered the IP address of your Oracle Analytics Cloud - Classic instances in any data source allowlists, you must perform this task again for the new Oracle Analytics Cloud instance on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Find the IP or Host Name of Your Oracle Analytics Cloud Instance

Migrate Your Service

Task Description More Information
Understand snapshot options Understand what you can include or exclude when you take a snapshot.

Understand Snapshot Options
Check your target is ready for migration and take a backup Verify that the required users and roles are available in your target service and take a snapshot in case you need to roll back. Back Up Your Target Service Before Migration

Take a snapshot of the source

Capture the content you want to migrate on the source system.

Take a Snapshot on the Source

Export the snapshot locally

Download the snapshot that you want to migrate to your local file system.

Export the Snapshot
Edit database connections

(Only if you migrated your data from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure)

Extract the semantic model .rpd file from the snapshot (BAR), add the new connection string, and then upload the updated semantic model to the target system.

 Edit Connections and Upload Semantic Model

Import the snapshot to the target

Sign in to the target system and import the snapshot.

Import the Snapshot on the Target

Restore the snapshot content

Select the newly imported snapshot in the list of saved snapshots and restore the content in the snapshot.

Restore the Snapshot on the Target

Migrate data files

(Only if the restore process fails due to connection issues)

Use the Data Migration utility to migrate and restore data files from another environment.

Migrate File-based Data
Reconfigure data replication connections

(Only if you migrated replicated data from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure)

Verify that the replicated tables and the required system tables exist on the new target database, and then edit the data replication connections to point to the new database.

Move Replicated Data to a Different Target Database
Reconfigure service settings Verify various administrative settings on the target service.

Configure Service Settings
Activate deliveries

Disable deliveries on the source service and start delivering content from the target service.

Restore and Enable Delivery Schedules
(Optional) Migrate other snapshots Export individual snapshots that you want to migrate and then import them to your target environment, as required.

Export Snapshots

Import Snapshots

Complete Post-Migration Tasks

Task Description More Information
Test the migrated service Check the content you migrated is available on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and everything works as you expect. Test Your Migrated Service
Clean up services on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic Remove any resources that you don't need. Clean Up Infrastructure and Platform Resources in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic