Re: 405cd to erp/lx migration

Wow. Where to start....?

We went from 4.05CD to 8.2 a few years ago. You will need massive
piloting to see how things work differently and better. With all
respect, having someone who has done some implementations is advisable,
and may save you tons of money (and blood).

The ledger changes completely from 4.05cd to 8.2, I'm sure that's true
for LX as well. You have to completely redo your ledger, and do your day
job at the same time.

I would submit for your consideration: If you cannot afford some help
with this maybe it's the wrong time to do it.

Best Regards,

Wally M Carr
Sr. Business Systems Analyst
952-820-6516
wallyc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: bpcs-l-bounces+wallyc=bergquistcompany.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bpcs-l-bounces+wallyc=bergquistcompany.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Yan Shargorodsky
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 4:38 PM
To: 'BPCS ERP System'
Subject: Re: [BPCS-L] 405cd to erp/lx migration

Don,

There is much more to conversion than copy files. There are twice as
many
files, the files that you have will have 2 to 3 times more fields and
some
of them will need to be populated or defaulted. Infor provides
conversion
tool that runs on IBM i. The tool will do most of the work accept
changes
defined during implementation and some other minor bugs. My guess is it
will
do 95% - 99% of work. You will need to have a lot of disk space
available,
the process moves data for every BPCS release between source and target.
There is a way to run it step by step (clearing previous version files),
but
it will take a lot of time.

Yan Shargorodsky
Y&Y Solutions,Inc.
Phone: (267)934-8327
E-mail: Yshargorodsky@xxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: bpcs-l-bounces+yshargorodsky=yysinc.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bpcs-l-bounces+yshargorodsky=yysinc.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
Don Cavaiani
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 2:27 PM
To: bpcs-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [BPCS-L] 405cd to erp/lx migration

Anyone do this on their own?

Are the migration tools included with the upgrade - and if not, what
would be strictly the cost of the tools - with no training or support
added in? Is it true that the migration software runs on the IBM i? Is
there much more to it (to moving over existing data) than cpyf with
*map?