Moving from a test to a production environment applies solely to metadata (content, data model and authorization).
To move from a test environment to a production environment you would typically develop and test applications in a test environment and then roll out the test applications (and optionally test data), in the production environment on the same operating system. This can also include moving from a single to a multiple computer environment.
Prerequisites
To move from a test to a production environment:
The following options are available:
export all
You might use this option for example, if all users and datasources are the same between two systems.
export without user folder content
You might use this option as part of user acceptance testing, where test users have different content but access to the same data sources (although with different data access)
export without connection pool credentials
You might use this option if all you need to do is to move upgraded metadata from one system to another after it has been tested (no users in common, different datasource security).
To support these options the export command has optional parameters to export user folder content, or connection pool credentials as follows:
exportServiceInstance(domainHome, serviceInstanceKey, workDir, exportDir, applicationName=None, applicationDesc=None, applicationVersion=None, includeCatalogRuntimeInfo=false, includeCredentials=None)
Post Conditions:
You can move (or migrate) Oracle Business Intelligence to a new environment by re-creating an existing Oracle BI system in a different location to the one in which it was originally installed. The objective is to re-create an identical deployment on different hardware.
You might want to move to a new environment for the following reasons:
To move the system as a whole onto more powerful hardware.
To move to a different operating system.
To move into a different physical location.
For information about migrating to a new environment, see Metadata Repository Builder's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.
You can upgrade an 11g deployment by migrating 11g metadata to a new 12c deployment.
The process is an out-of-place upgrade that requires a 12c domain to be created as the target. You first create an export bundle from a read-only 11g certified release, and then use it to reconfigure a new 12c domain.
For information about migrating and upgrading, see Upgrading Oracle Business Intelligence.
Oracle Business Intelligence supports whole server migration, in which a WebLogic Server instance is migrated to a different physical computer upon failure, either manually or automatically.
See Whole Server Migration in Administering Clusters for Oracle WebLogic Server and Configuring Server Migration for an Enterprise Deployment in Enterprise Deployment Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence.