data migration.

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At zerowait-state.com“PLM is in our DNA”

Zero Wait-State.

•Established in 1999

•SolidWorks Partner: EPDM

•Oracle Gold Partner: Agile PLM

•PLM Implementation, Integration and Data Migration

•Core competencies: All Agile PLM Modules

our company.

our customers.

core competencies.

implementation products.

integration products.

We have extensive research in PLM and data migration.– Major migrations at

John Deere, Dell, Raytheon and Maxtor

– Successful migrations from Intralink and PDMLink to Enterprise PDM

the experience.

Data migration is hard...very very hard.

Data condition is a variable hard to predict which must be done without disrupting current production environment

the facts.

• It’s a critical process.

• Product data is the lifeblood of a company

• Bad data can render a PLM or PDM system useless

the process.

the big bang bad idea.

• Moving it all is problematic

• Moving increments is more manageable

• Eliminates time constraints

• Reduces Risks

• Extracting and transferring history to a new PLM is challenging

• Most companies rarely access earlier versions of data

• Using a “latest only” dramatically reduces costs and complexity

history is best forgotten.

• Just because you can migrate all your data, doesn’t mean you should.

• Take a hard look at legacy data and be selective

• Do not pollute your new system with corrupt or inaccurate data

• Don’t “under provision” hardware

• Identify needs and have analysis of data cleansing solutions ready

• Clean up data as much as possible

garbage in, garbage out.

• Two test passes and a production pass are minimum recommendations for most migrations

• Have a specific test plan to evaluate data in the test system

• Resist the urge to truncate testing

test. validate. repeat.

mission accomplished.

• Moving Intralink 3.4 to enterprise PDM• Joint project with GoEngineer• Extracted meta data and binary files from

Pro/Engineer from Intralink • Used drag and drop to load the CAD files and an

import tool for GoEngineer for the meta data• Customer was successful and shut down two

servers

mission accomplished.

• Moving from PDMlink 9.0• Joint project with GoEngineer• Using drag and drop to load the CAD files

and sent meta data to Agile PLM• Customer successfully transitioned from

PDMLink to Agile PLM and EPDM

conclusion.

1. Data migration is tricky

2. Data migration is important

3. Preparation and planning can alleviate issues

4. Incremental migration without history is best

5. Beware of undermining the difficulty of migration

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