Migrating data from version 5, 6, 7, or 8

Data must be migrated from previous versions of Rational® DOORS® in order to be compatible with the current software.

Migrating data from version 5

You cannot migrate data directly to Rational DOORS 9.5 from version 5. Data must first be migrated to version 6.0 SR1 format. It can then be migrated to Rational DOORS 9.5. You do not need to upgrade all of your version 5 clients to version 6.0 SR1. Only the version 5 database needs to be migrated. Migrate your data in the following way:

  1. Install a version 6.0 SR1 Complete Server Installation, accepting the default data directory.
  2. Copy your version 5 database to this default directory.
  3. Run version 6.0 SR1.
  4. Log in as Administrator.
  5. Click Confirm to migrate your data.
Note: You must complete the data migration from version 5 to version 6.0 SR1 by running the Module Migrator DXL. This DXL can be obtained by contacting Support. If you are migrating a large database, you can run the module migrator DXL on more than one Rational DOORS client, as long as each client is running on a different machine. This DXL allows you to migrate different sections of the data at the same time. Do not run more than on Rational DOORS client on any one machine at the same time when running the Module Migrator DXL.

Migrating data from version 6, 7 and 8

You can migrate data directly to Rational DOORS 9.5 from all version of Rational DOORS after version 6.0 SR1.

Migrating Rational DOORS data

Note: Make a copy of Rational DOORS data directory before installing Rational DOORS 9.5, or migrating any data to Rational DOORS 9.5. Once the data has been migrated to Rational DOORS 9.5 format, it cannot be reversed.

There are four options for migrating existing data to Rational DOORS 9.5:

You then must migrate your data to version 9.5 of Rational DOORS.


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