Hi,
I wanted know if anyone has done this before. I am currently in the process of upgrading portingset. I have successfully upgraded the portingset on our development server from 6.1c.03.01 to 6.1c.07.03 and now getting ready to do the same on production. Before I actually do it on production I would like to make our development server same as production server and do a trial upgrade to make sure everything works fine. Given the fact that I will have only a weekend to do the upgrade on production server, I want to make sure I follow the proper steps.

So, my question is, in order to make the development server same as production, what files/folders needs to be copied from production server to development server. I know that we don’t have to copy $BSE/application folder but is it ok to just to copy all other folders/files under $BSE? Will that make the development server same as production server? Also, other folders/files I can think of not to overwrite are $BSE/lib/user, $BSE/lib/tabledef6.1, $BSE/lib/ora/ora_users. Are there any other files that need to be kept as is?

Please let me know your thoughts.

Appreciate your help,
NS

You mean you just upgraded your development server, and now you want to downgrade it again, copy your production environment, and then upgrade again ?

Are both systems at the same patch level, both for tools and application ? If not, don't. If they are, things to remember (all in $BSE/lib)
compnr6.1
shm_param
fd*
auditdef6.1
srdd_tab6.1
datecurr

besides the ones you already mentioned. I'm pretty sure the list is incomplete.

Jos
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Personal opinion etcera

Jos,
Thanks for your feedback.

NS