Planning to Upgrade from Oracle BI 10g to BI 11g 1-9
Upgrade Assistant imports the metadata from the existing 10g repository file and Oracle BI Presentation Catalog to the new 11g system and upgrades it as necessary
to function in the 11g environment
3.
Upgrade the Scheduler Schema.
4.
Complete any post-installation steps. Note that the 10g system is left unchanged after the upgrade process is complete.
Use the test plan that you previously created to verify that the test upgrade process has completed successfully and that the resulting upgraded system meets your
expectations.
As stated previously, the appearance and behavior of the upgraded system might well be different to the original 10g system. It is therefore important that the verification
activity focuses on establishing that the upgraded system is functionally equivalent to the 10g system, rather than identifying cosmetic differences between the two.
As well as cosmetic differences, testing might also reveal differences between the original 10g system and the upgraded 11g system that you consider to be significant. In
these cases, it is usually helpful to revisit your understanding of what has been upgraded and why. For more information, see
Step 2: Understand What is Upgraded and How it is Upgraded
. In addition to verifying the upgrade process, the test upgrade also provides you with
an ideal environment in which to test some of the functionality that has been added or enhanced in 11g. For more information about the new functionality in which you are
most likely to be interested, see the following sections:
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Section 1.2.3, BI Repository Metadata: Highlighted New 11g Functionality to Leverage
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Section 1.3.3, Oracle BI Presentation Catalog: Highlighted New 11g Functionality to Leverage
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Section 1.4.3, BI Publisher: Highlighted New 11g Functionality to Leverage
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Section 1.5.3, Oracle BI Security: Highlighted New 11g Functionality to Leverage
1.1.5 Step 5: Perform the Actual Upgrade
Having performed a test upgrade and becoming satisfied that the upgraded system meets your requirements, you can proceed to performing a full upgrade of the entire
Oracle BI 10g system.
Follow the instructions in Chapter 5, Upgrading Oracle Business Intelligence
Enterprise Edition to perform the full upgrade. In summary, the process is as follows:
1.
Install the Oracle Business Intelligence 11g software.
2.
Run Upgrade Assistant on the new 11g system. Upgrade Assistant imports the metadata from the existing 10g repository file and
Oracle BI Presentation Catalog to the new 11g system and upgrades it as necessary to function in the 11g environment
3.
Upgrade the Scheduler Schema.
4.
Complete any post-installation steps Note that the 10g system is left unchanged after the upgrade process is complete.
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Having performed the full upgrade, use the test plan that you previously created to verify that the upgrade process has completed successfully and that the resulting
upgraded system meets your expectations.
As stated previously, the appearance and behavior of the upgraded system might well be different to the original 10g system. It is therefore important that the verification
activity focuses on establishing that the upgraded system is functionally equivalent to the 10g system, rather than identifying cosmetic differences between the two.
As well as cosmetic differences, testing might also reveal differences between the original 10g system and the upgraded 11g system that you consider to be significant. In
these cases, it is usually helpful to revisit your understanding of what has been upgraded and why. For more information, see
Step 2: Understand What is Upgraded and How it is Upgraded
. Having verified the full upgrade process, you can now implement the additional and
enhanced 11g functionality that you have decided to leverage.
1.1.6 Step 6: Implement New and Enhanced 11g Functionality
The appearance and behavior of an upgraded 11g system might well be different to the original 10g system, although the two should be functionally equivalent.
During upgrade, existing 10g functionality is often re-implemented using equivalent capabilities that were introduced in 11g. However, the upgrade process upgrades only
what is already present in the original 10g system. Specifically, the upgrade process does not suggest how you might further improve the 11g system by taking advantage
of new functionality that was introduced in 11g.
To discover how you can significantly improve the upgraded system using new functionality in 11g, see the following sections:
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Section 1.2.3, BI Repository Metadata: Highlighted New 11g Functionality to Leverage
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Section 1.3.3, Oracle BI Presentation Catalog: Highlighted New 11g Functionality to Leverage
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Section 1.4.3, BI Publisher: Highlighted New 11g Functionality to Leverage
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Section 1.5.3, Oracle BI Security: Highlighted New 11g Functionality to Leverage
1.2 Understanding the Upgrade of Repository Metadata
You must upgrade Oracle BI EE 10g repository files before they can work in Oracle BI EE 11g. You use Upgrade Assistant to upgrade the repository files during the upgrade
process.
However, before you run Upgrade Assistant, there are a number of areas in particular to be aware of. For more information, see
Section 1.2.1, Repository Metadata: Major Upgrade Considerations.
In addition to the major upgrade considerations that are outlined in Section 1.2.1
, there are a number of other factors to consider when planning to upgrade the repository
metadata. For more information, see Section 1.2.2, Repository Metadata: Other
Upgrade Considerations. In addition to the differences between the original 10g system and the upgraded 11g
system, there are also a number of new features introduced in Oracle BI 11g that you might probably want to consider implementing in the upgraded system. For more
