Migration from Windows to Unix

neophyte · Post by **neophyte** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 3:57 am

We want to migrate existing DS server from windows to unix. Existing datastage server is on MS Windows 2000 with service pack 4
DataStage version is 7.5.1

Can anyone please tell the steps involved in this process.
It would be great if any guide/manual is available for this.

Thanks.

Sainath.Srinivasan · Post by **Sainath.Srinivasan** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:21 am

To start with, the commands and file names in the scripts.

Second the environment variables etc

Sainath.Srinivasan · Post by **Sainath.Srinivasan** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:28 am

To start with, the commands and file names in the scripts.

Second the environment variables etc

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:37 am

There's no guide or manual for this. Your jobs themselves should migrate over with very few if any issues. As noted, what you need to identify are any areas where you are relying on or leveraging the underlying operating system since that will be changing.

So before or after job ExecDOS activities would need to be checked, and batch files converted to scripts. You'd have to think about what record delimiter you were using in sequential files, DOS v. UNIX, they wouldn't necessarily have to change but you may want to. Any custom routines leveraging DSExecute would need to change.

Etc. Etc.

neophyte · Post by **neophyte** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:40 am

thank u very much for ur help