Test migration and cut over from current sources and consumers

We recommend that you test both of the following procedures, unless you have non critical migration requirements or a very simple environment:

• The migration of your batch data to event frames

• The cut over to event frame data sources and consumers

We recommend you copy your production Data Archive server to a test environment. Go to Customer Portal for support on how to clone your production system. You clone your environment utilizing Data Archive documented procedures.

Ensure that the test includes:

• A thorough review of the pre-migration analysis report, see Analyze batch data before migration.

• Verification that after migration, batch type event frame data is populated and properly presented from all data sources and by all consumers. See Prepare batch data sources and consumers for migration and Verify your event frame data.

• Verification that after migration, all configured instances of PI batch interfaces, version 4.0, have switched over automatically, and manual interfaces, such as PI EFGen (PI Event Frames Generator), correctly populate data and properly present it for all consumers. See Prepare batch data sources and consumers for migration and Verify your event frame data.