Learn About Migrating to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

About the Migration Scope

Before migrating Oracle Analytics Cloud - Classic instances to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, consider the scope and constraints of this migration path.

Important: This guide is for migrating from Oracle Analytics Cloud - Classic to Oracle Analytics Cloud on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. If you're migrating from Oracle Analytics Cloud (on either Oracle Cloud Infrastructure or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic) to Essbase 19c on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure via Marketplace, use the migration process documented in About the Migration Scope in Migrating Essbase Instances from Oracle Analytics Cloud to Essbase 19c on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure via Marketplace.

Summary

Migration scenarios covered in this Guide
- Source Oracle Analytics Cloud - Classic instance: Essbase, 105.2 or later
- Source identity management: Oracle Identity Cloud Service (Cloud accounts) or embedded LDAP server (traditional accounts)
- Target Oracle Analytics Cloud Essbase instance: 105.2 or later
Not covered in the Guide
- Source Oracle Analytics Cloud - Classic instance: Data Visualization, Business Intelligence
- Database migration

Migration scenarios covered in this Guide

With Oracle Analytics Cloud - Classic, you can deploy services with several different feature sets: Business, Data Visualization Intelligence, and Essbase.

This Guide only describes how to migrate services deployed with Essbase.

Before you start, Oracle recommends that you patch your source service with the latest available version. The migration tools you need aren't available in earlier versions.

You can verify the current version of your source and target environments in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console. If you're not sure, check with your administrator.

Not covered in this Guide

This Guide doesn’t describe how to migrate Oracle Analytics Cloud - Classic instances deployed with the Business Intelligence or Data Visualization, or non-Oracle Analytics Cloud artifacts, such as associated databases, security configuration, and so on. You must migrate non-Oracle Analytics Cloud artifacts separately or re-create them on the target instance.

About the Migration Task Flow

You use migration tools to migrate Oracle Analytics Cloud - Classic Essbase instances on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Before you start the migration, here's what you need to do.

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
Migrate users and groups	Migrate users and groups from Oracle Identity Cloud Service Migrate users and roles from embedded WebLogic LDAP Alternatively, when you migrate using the Essbase Migration Utility, it supports migration of Essbase users and groups, and no pre-migration action is necessary	Migrate Users And Groups from Oracle Identity Cloud Service Migrate Users and Groups from Embedded WebLogic LDAP Server Migrate Cloud Service Applications Using Migration Utility
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 between your identity provider and Oracle Identity Cloud Service.	Add an Identity Provider Integrating Oracle Identity Cloud Service with Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services
Integrate Oracle Identity Cloud Service with other identity providers	(Optional) Use Oracle Identity Cloud Service in your target environment to integrate with your identity provider. For example: Reconcile Microsoft Active Directory with Oracle Identity Cloud Service Configure Oracle Identity Manager and synchronize users with Oracle Identity Cloud Service Configure Office 365 users with Oracle Identity Cloud Service	Manage Bridges for Oracle Identity Cloud Service Integrate Oracle Identity Manager with Oracle Identity Cloud Service Configure Oracle Identity Cloud Service to Provide Single Sign-On (SSO) for Office 365 REST API for Oracle Identity Cloud Service
Create a service on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure	If you subscribe through Universal Credits, create the service with Oracle Analytics Cloud.	Create a Service with Oracle Analytics Cloud
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

Migrate Your Service

Task	Description	More Information
Understand migration options	Understand tool options for migrating Essbase applications.	Migrate Cloud Service Applications
Prepare for migration	Review considerations and requirements for migrating Essbase applications.	Prepare to Migrate Cloud Service Applications
Understand supported artifacts	Review which global, application-level, and cube-level Essbase artifacts you can migrate.	Migrated Cloud Service Artifacts

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

About the Migration Tools

The tools that you use to migrate Oracle Analytics Cloud - Classic instances to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure are shown here, and explained in this Guide.

Tools to Migrate Essbase Services

Migration Utility - migrates multiple applications, artifacts, and users at one time, across Essbase cloud services
or
Command Line Interface Tool - migrates source applications and artifacts across Essbase cloud service deployments and releases. This is used to migrate applications one-at-a-time.