İsmail Ozcan

What is this feature ? The source to target upgrade model provides a framework to reduce the downtime for AX upgrade.The upgrade downtime is achieved by enabling upgrade on both the source AX system (Ax 4.0 or AX 2009) and target AX system (Ax 2012). The upgrade consists of following steps. 1. Pre-upgrade processing on a live source AX system 2. Bulk data copy to target system, 3. Optimized data transformations (write once per table), and sync-on-the-fly to the target AX 2012 4. Fix duplicate RecID as a part of the upgrade process How do we upgrade using this feature ? The user installs an XPO on the source AX system being upgraded, launches the pre-upgrade checklist, and walks through the pre-upgrade checklist items. Most of the checklist tasks can be executed on a live AX system and rest within a single user mode. Concurrently the user can setup the AX 2012 environment for upgrade by installing AX 2012, choosing the upgrade option, and then launching the upgrade checklist an...

Setup source Environment 1. Import the PreProcessing (databaseupgrade\xpo\UpgradeAX5.xpo) XPO, located in the installation CD folder and Un check "Import with ID values:" 2. Open the PreProcessing Checklist "SysCheckList_PreUpgrade50" located in the AX50PreUpgradeFramework project. 3. The Preprocessing Checklist appears, if your checklist has this @ABC123 instead of text, and then do this to get the missing label file. To apply the new label files in your AX4/5 machine (if you are working with preprocessing framework): · Copy the label file to the label folder in your AX4/2009 machine · Restart the AOS · Label folder in AX4/2009 is a sub folder under ...\Application\Appl\ where you can find *.ald files in it. 4. Run through the PreProcessing Checklist Items to prepare the database for Upgrade · If upgrading AX 2009, and the upgrade scripts don't run after opening the cockpit, jump to step #12 and follow the...