Information Management IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management, Version 11.3

Migrating configuration settings from Initiate

Migrate customized values from key configuration files within Initiate® so that they are available within your new InfoSphere® MDM installation.

About this task

Several components of IBM® InfoSphere MDM Standard Edition use configuration files to control certain behaviors. The installer for the new version of InfoSphere MDM does not automatically migrate any custom configuration values from your Initiate installation to your new installation. The following steps describe migrating customized configuration values for the Entity Manager, Task Manager, and Event Manager. For more information about the default values for the Initiate files, see the link about Master Data Engine variables at the end of this topic.

Procedure

  1. Within your installation of Initiate Master Data Service®, navigate to the MAD_HOMEDIR/inst/instanceName/conf directory.
  2. Open the com.initiate.server.entity.cfg file.
  3. Migrate any custom configuration values to the com.ibm.mdm.mds.entity.manager.cfg configuration file within your new InfoSphere MDM installation: WAS_PROFILE_HOME/conf/com.ibm.mdm.mds.entity.manager.cfg.
    Note: For implementations with multiple instances of the Master Data Engine, ensure that you maintain the unique values for the queueWrkOwner variable between the engines in order to prevent collisions with the queue records that another engine is processing.
  4. Return to the MAD_HOMEDIR/inst/instanceName/conf directory within your Initiate installation.
  5. Open the com.initiate.server.task.cfg file.
  6. Migrate any custom configuration values to the com.ibm.mdm.mds.task.manager.cfg configuration file within your InfoSphere MDM installation: WAS_PROFILE_HOME/conf/com.ibm.mdm.mds.task.manager.cfg.
    Note: The remaining steps apply only if your installation uses event notification.
  7. Return to the MAD_HOMEDIR/inst/instanceName/conf directory within your Initiate installation.
  8. Open the com.initiate.server.event.cfg file.
  9. Migrate any custom configuration values to the com.ibm.mdm.mds.event.manager.cfg configuration file within your InfoSphere MDM installation: WAS_PROFILE_HOME/conf/com.ibm.mdm.mds.event.manager.cfg.
    Note: For implementations with multiple instances of the Master Data Engine, ensure that you maintain the unique values for the queueWrkOwner variable between the engines in order to prevent collisions with the queue records that another engine is processing.
Parent topic: Upgrading from Initiate Master Data Service, prior to version 11
Previous topic: Moving the Initiate user repository
Next topic: Upgrading Initiate clients and other components
Related concepts:
Operational server configuration files
Operational server environment variables

Last updated: 26 Sep 2014