Create a 5.1 Test Environment
The test area should correspond as closely as possible to the live deployment environment and to the 4.1 test environment. The following checklist may be helpful in creating a proper test environment. These elements, or their absence, will impact the speed and success of your upgrade.
• OpenROAD installation, local or file-served. This includes:
– Ingres and operating system environment variables
– ingres\files area, especially config.dat and appedtt.ff, apped.ctb, and any variants
– ingres\w4glapps area, which contains all referenced application images
– Any globals redefinition files
– Any other files and file areas the applications reference, including 3GL library files, registered where necessary, with appropriate permissions
• The same test data that the 4.1 environment is working with, in a test database configured to match the live database, including any II_EMBED_SET or ING_SET settings. If you are copying the data using copydb, ensure that any contents of II_STORED_STRINGS and II_STORED_BITMAPS are copied as well.
• Ingres Net nodes that are redirected to up-to-date test or training databases
• Startup and other batch files, changed to reference the relevant databases, file systems, and so on, which are redirected as appropriate
• Shortcuts, as these may contain explicit parameters or settings
• User accounts, passwords, and permissions necessary to run the applications successfully
• Network connectivity where it affects OpenROAD application use
• Operating system, drivers, and settings, for example, monitor, regional, and language settings in particular
• Citrix settings, where applicable
• Any referenced non-Actian software, where its absence may prevent navigating to or displaying parts of the OpenROAD application
• A display monitor set to client specifications
Ensure that you can access this test environment through an account with sufficient permissions to issue commands such as ingsetenv.