Creating an outbound migrate profile


An outbound migrate profile is used to perform a change migration. An outbound migrate profile can contain scope rules, locations, and change rules.

To create an outbound migrate profile

You can copy an existing outbound migrate profile and edit it. This can considerably reduce the work required if you have created an outbound migrate profile with similar specifications to the one that you want to create. See To copy an existing outbound migrate profile.

  1. On the BMC AMI Change Manager for Db2 Main Menu, select List Migrate Profiles and press Enter.
  2. On the Migrate Profile Action Menu, type the name of the Migrate Profile and select Create a new Migrate Profile. Then, press Enter.
  3. On the Create Migrate Profile panel, specify the information for the migrate profile. The profile must contain specifications for scope rules, change rules, or both to be usable.
    1. Select Outbound for the Type.
    2. (Optional) To use the scope rules that are defined in a baseline profile, type the name of the Baseline Profile Ref.

      Important

      If you specify scope rules in a migrate profile, you do not need to specify a baseline profile reference.

    3. (Optional) To specify scope rules for the migrate profile, select Scope Rules.

      Important

      If you use the scope rules from a baseline profile, you do not need to specify scope rules for the migrate profile.

    4. (Optional) To specify the locations for the migrate profile, select Outbound Locations.

    5. (Optional) To specify change rules for the migrate profile, select Change Rules.

      Tip

      To create change rules, see Creating-change-rules-for-a-migrate-profile.

    6. (Optional) Specify a Comment to describe the migrate profile.
    7. Press Enter.
  4. On the Migrate Profile Action Menu, press END until the BMC AMI Change Manager for Db2 Main Menu is displayed.
  5. Select WORKID and press Enter.The WORKID Action Menu is displayed.

To copy an existing outbound migrate profile

  1. On the Migrate Profile Action Menu list, select List Migrate Profiles.
  2. On the Migrate Profile Selection List panel, type C in the Act column next to the profile that you want to copy.
  3. On the Create Migrate Profile panel, rename the existing profile and specify the information for the new profile. For more information, see To create an outbound migrate profile.
  4. Press END.

 

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