Migration of the Crystal Enterprise Repository
There are numerous circumstances whereby an administrator might want to migrate the Crystal Repository, for example, during an upgrade, moving from different instances of Crystal Enterprise, or the possible merging of two repositories.
Migration from Earlier Versions of Crystal Enterprise and Seagate Info
Prior to version 9, no Report Object repository existed. The Crystal Import Wizard migrates the Crystal Enterprise repository from versions 10.x and below (see Figure 17.5). The Import Wizard is a Windows-based utility that enables users to import users, groups, report objects and instances, associated permissions, events, and server groups.
Figure 17.5. The Crystal Import Wizard showing the versions from which the user can import objects.
NOTE
Although the utility is Windows-based, it can be used to connect to Crystal Enterprise systems hosted on Unix.
CAUTION
With any migration of data, you should perform any necessary backups. Contact Business Objects technical support for assistance.
Migrations from Crystal Enterprise 9
In version 9 of Crystal Enterprise and Crystal Reports, the repository was split into two databases. This consisted of the Crystal Reports repository that stored the text, bitmaps, SQL Command objects, and custom functions and the Crystal Enterprise 9 repository that consisted of objects such as the users, folders, and so on.
To migrate the Crystal Enterprise 9 repository, the Migration Wizard would be used as described previously in this chapter.
To migrate a Crystal Reports 9 repository to Crystal Enterprise 10, use the Crystal Repository Migration Wizard (see Figure 17.6). This Windows-based utility is found on the Crystal Enterprise CD and can be installed on the local Administrators workstation. It requires the administrator to create a connection to the Crystal Reports 9 repository. After this connection is established, the administrator can connect to the Crystal Enterprise 10. This requires a valid user with the correct permissions.
Figure 17.6. The Crystal Repository Migration Wizard enables the user to choose the exact objects she might want to import.
CAUTION
With any migration of data, you should perform any necessary backups. The Migration Wizard does not move the data, but rather copies it, leaving the existing database intact.
NOTE
If an object exists with the same name, the Crystal Reports Migration Wizard does not copy over the database, but rather informs the user that there is a duplicate object and the original has not been migrated.