Dear Clive and others,
Thanks for all the info.
I have been contacted (off list) by Bb - who say that 'technical solutions to
assist with the migration' and this will 'ensure all goes smoothly'. I wonder if
this is included in the price?
I am not really concerned who does it. Rather that it works and that we don't
loose course or user information.
I will of course report back to the list how smoothly it goes ;)
ben
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Clive Barrows wrote:
> Ben,
>
> We are planning to upgrade from Bb Level 1 to Bb Level 2/3 during the first
> week in January. Our Blackboard service is running on a Sun Solaris system.
> Bb Level 1 utilises a MySQL database whereas Bb Level 2/3 will utilise an
> Oracle database.
>
> We have been informed that the migration of data from Bb Level 1 to Bb Level
> 2/3 must be carried out by Blackboard staff. We are currently making
> arrangements with Blackboard staff in America to access our systems remotely
> to carry out the migration. As far as I am aware Sheffield Hallam and
> Kingston have followed a similar process.
>
> I would advise contacting Blackboard urgently to clarify the situation
> before making any commitments.
>
> Regards,
>
> Clive
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ben hyde [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 03 December 2001 15:45
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: upgrading from level 1 to 3
>
> >>> hi all >>>
>
> Has anyone upgraded from Bb level 1 to level 3?
>
> We are about to do (over Xmas) and I have a specific, fairly obvious
> question:
>
> Is existing user and course data picked up automatically once
> you instal level 3?
>
> In other words, can you simply overwrite previous installation and
> assume Bb will pick up existing course content and user information?
> We are, of course, backing up all courses into archives. But I would
> rather avoid having to manually import these if possible - it will be
> _another_ very laborious task and certain things are lost - e.g. time of
> discussion postings.
>
> I should point out I can find no mention of this in the installation
> documentation for level three ;-) There is info about migrating from
> course info versions to Bb5 but nothing about moving up levels.
>
> I hope someone can answer this seemingly simple question.
>
> I know Bb staff are on this list - as I have received their auto replies
> :-) Halyna....?
>
> ben hyde
>
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