Migrating the InfoSphere Information Analyzer analysis database

If you are migrating InfoSphere® Information Analyzer from your existing version on your source computer, to Version 11.5 on your target computer, you can migrate the InfoSphere Information Analyzer analysis database (IADB) by backing it up on the source computer and restoring it on the target installation.

1. On the source computer, back up the analysis database. Refer to the documentation for the database that you are using as your analysis database. For example, refer to the DB2® documentation for the version of DB2 that you are using.
2. On the target installation, restore the analysis database from the backup that you created. You can either restore the analysis database to a new analysis database that you created during the installation process or you configure InfoSphere Information Analyzer to point to the existing database on your source computer that you used as the analysis database. You should not access the database from the source computer after configuring it to be used by the target computer.
3. Verify that a JDBC data source for the analysis database exists in WebSphere® Application Server. If the analysis database that you are planning to use was created during the installation process of InfoSphere Information Analyzer, version 11.5, then this JDBC data source was created automatically. If the analysis database that you are planning to use is a different database, that was not created during the installation process of InfoSphere Information Analyzer, version 11.5, then follow the instructions in Configuring a JDBC data source for the InfoSphere Information Analyzer analysis database to create this JDBC data source.