Migrating common metadata
Use these procedures to migrate common metadata assets. You need to export the common metadata assets that are on the source computer, and then import the assets to the target computer to complete the migration.
The metadata repository of InfoSphere® Information Server contains
many different types of common metadata assets, including implemented data resources, business
intelligence (BI) assets, and logical and physical data model assets. You might want to migrate
these common metadata assets, so they are available to use on your new computer.
When you export common metadata, you can include any data connections to the databases, data files, or data file folders that you export. Alternately, you can export the data connections separately by type.
When you are performing a suite-wide migration, you might want to move all data connections for
the entire suite. To move all data connections that exist across all products, except for InfoSphere
DataStage®, you
must issue three separate commands. You issue one command to export all data connections for data
file folders, one command to export all data connections for databases, and one command to export
all data connections for data files. The first command exports data connections for data file
folders:
istool export -dom domain_name:port_number -user user_name -password password -ar path_to_archive_file -cm '/host_name/datafile_folder_path/datafile_folder_name/*.rcn'
For
example:istool export –dom ABC:9443 –u user1 –p pass1 -ar "c:\myarchive.isx" –cm
'/host1/c:\mydatafile_folders/data/*.rcn'
The second command exports data connections for
databases:istool export -dom domain_name:port_number -user user_name -password password -ar path_to_archive_file -cm '/host_name/database_name/*.dcn'
The third command exports data connections for data
files:istool export -dom domain_name:port_number -user user_name -password password -ar path_to_archive_file -cm '/host_name/datafile_path/datafile_name/*.fcn'
InfoSphere
DataStage data
connections are moved when you use istool commands for InfoSphere
DataStage, InfoSphere Information Server Manager, or
the InfoSphere
DataStage
Designer to move InfoSphere
DataStage
projects.You export assets by using the version of the istool command-line that corresponds to your source computer. You import assets by using Version 11.7 of the istool command-line.
To migrate common metadata assets, use istool:
Version | Procedure |
---|---|
Version 11.7 | |
Version 11.5 | |
Version 11.3 | |
Version 9.1 | |
Version 8.7 | |
Version 8.5 | |
Version 8.1.2 |
istool export -dom domain_name:port_number -user user_name -password password -ar path_to_archive_file -cm '/*/*.db'
The metadata related to each database is exported into a
separate XMI file within the ISX archive
file. When you import the metadata in the archive file, each XMI file
is imported separately.