Assessing migration

It is important that you assess migration before you start the migration process.

Considerations
When you are migrating from Release 9.3 to Release 10.0, there are some changes to remember, including behavioral changes and techncial changes in APIs, agents, user exits, events, and the database.
Changes to database tables, installation folders, and property files in Release 10.0
In Release 10.0, some changes might have been made to the installation folders, property files, and database tables.
Migration assessment
A migration assessment is the first step that help you to understand the benefits of moving from an earlier version to the current version.
Migration estimates
This topic provides information for a single-hop and multi-hop migration estimates with different data amounts.
Migrating alter scripts
Alter scripts are generated at the install site by comparing the database XMLs shipped with the previous version and the XML available at the install site.
Upgrading custom components
Be sure to read all of the information about migration for custom components, as those components will be impacted during migration.
Analyzing the Business Center user interface upgrade
Before upgrading the Business Center user interface, analyze the impact of the upgrade by using the analysis reports.

Parent topic: Planning