Golden Consulting

BOE350 - BusinessObjects Migration XI 3.0:
Migrating from BusinessObjects 5.x & 6.x to BusinessObjects XI 3.0 (formerly SA650V3)

Course Description

This three-day course is designed to provide you with an understanding of how to migrate from a BusinessObjects 5.x/6.x system to BusinessObjects XI 3.0. By the end of the course, you will understand how to properly plan and assess your migration strategy, understand how users and content will migrate from their source environment, as well as understand the BusinessObjects XI 3.0 security model. You will have the opportunity to practice migrating different types of users and content through a series of workshops.

The business benefit of this course is that you will be able to plan for and implement a successful migration from your source system to BusinessObjects XI 3.0.

Course Audience

The target audience for this course is system architects/administrators who are responsible for planning, assessing , and/or implementing a strategy for their organization to migrate from their BusinessObjects 5.x/6.x deployment to the BusinessObjects XI 3.0.

Course Topics

Lesson #1: Migration overview
  • Define migration
  • Describe the tools used in migration
  • Describe the phases of a migration project
Lesson #2: BusinessObjects 5.1.4/6.x administration and security model
  • Identify where resources are stored
  • Describe repository domains
  • Perform common administration tasks
  • Describe the security model
  • Perform a migration with security
  • Validate content and security settings on the destination system
Lesson #3 Migration concepts
  • Describe important migration concepts
  • Describe commom challenges faced when migrating
  • Determine what content migrates
Lesson #4 Planning for migration
  • Assess migration requirements
  • Perform a backup of repository data
Lesson #5 BusinessObjects XI 3.0 administration and security
  • Perform administration tasks in XI 3.0
  • Perform a migration without security, and apply security manually
  • Identify differences between administrative functions in 6.5 and XI 3.0
  • Identify differences between security models in 6.5 and XI 3.0
  • Export and import content using BIAR files
Lesson #6 Migrating Incrementally
  • Perform an incremental migration
  • Understand update and merge options
Lesson #7 BCAP Migration
  • Migrate Broadcast Agent publications, profiles, and users
  • Validate publications
Lesson #8 Converting reports
  • Converting reports from Full Client to Web Intelligence
  • Comparing reports and identifying differences
Lesson #9 Final migration workshop
  • Plan, execute, and validate a migration based on a real-world case study

Prerequisite Education

To be successful, you should have attended the following offerings, or have equivalent knowledge:
  • BusinessObjects 5i Supervisor BO OR
  • BusinessObjects Supervisor 6.5
  • BusinessObjects 6.5 Enterprise Administration AND
  • BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0: Administering Users and Content with the CMC
  • BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3.0: Administering Servers - Windows

Prerequisite Knowledge/Experience

While not required for this course, experience with these products or technologies will be helpful:
  • The users, content, architecture, and security in their organization's source deployment
  • Windows Server administration
  • Windows Server enterprise security concepts (global/local groups, and directory structure)

Additional Education

N/A

Delivery & Duration

This instructor-led offering is a three-day course.

Applicable Certifications

To be determined.


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