Porting to DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

Overview

Porting steps

Resources

Step 1. Assessment   Step 2. Planning the project   Step 3. Education and training   Step 4. Development environment   Step 5. Users, groups, and permissions   Step 6. Porting the database structure   Step 7. Porting the database objects   Step 8. Additional database components and products   Step 9. Application modifications   Step 10. Interface modifications   Step 11. Data migration   Step 12. Performance tuning   Step 13. Maintenance strategy   Step 14. Acceptance testing   Step 15. Documentation   Step 16. Packaging   Step 17. Support

Step 15. Documentation and Collateral

Checklist for documentation Finalize all internal system documentation needed for maintenance and support Finalize external documentation needed to ship with the product

Once the application and database functionality have been validated and tuned, application documentation should be updated to cover DB2. This should include configuration and tuning tips discovered by the development and performance tuning teams.

If the product will be sold commercially, additional collateral (sales, marketing, installation notes, and so on) will also be needed, and should be governed by your existing policies and procedures.

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