Migrating Oracle InForm studies to a new machine

You can migrate any supported Oracle InForm 6.3.x.x study to a new machine. Versions prior to Oracle InForm 6.3.x.x must be migrated to Oracle InForm 6.3.x.x or later before being migrated to this release.

You can perform an in-place upgrade from Oracle InForm 6.3.x.x or 7.0. For more information, see Running an in-place upgrade. In-place upgrades are not supported for Oracle InForm releases prior to 6.3.x.x.

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Depending on the Oracle InForm version you are migrating from, some steps may not be required.

Install and configure this Oracle InForm 7.0.1 software release
Copy the backup files to the Oracle InForm application server for this release
Make updates to the Windows registry settings
Create tablespaces other than INFORM
Import the Oracle InForm study DMP file(s)
Set up Oracle InForm customer-defined databases
Set up a randomization source for a study
Install the Oracle Central Designer certificate
Perform the final study configuration
Start the Oracle InForm studies
Set the password for the system user
Create the Oracle Central Designer study deployment
Install the Central Designer deplyoment package
Clear the client browser cache
If the reporting environment is configured, migrate the reports. For more information, see Migrating the reports to a new machine.

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For more information on the utilities needed for this section, refer to the Command and script reference appendix.

Parent topic: Upgrading and migrating the Oracle InForm studies