MicroStrategy ONE

4.2 Migrate Web Delivery Subscriptions from Narrowcast Server to Distribution Services

Beginning with version 9.0, Distribution Services replaced Narrowcast Server as the application that delivers Web delivery subscriptions.

When you migrate all information related to Web delivery subscriptions from your existing Narrowcast Server to Distribution Services, you can select to migrate Narrowcast Server users and their addresses. These users are copied as contacts who will receive the subscriptions in Distribution Services. During the upgrade process, only user addresses are migrated; subscriptions and schedules will not be migrated.

MicroStrategy recommends that you back up the database containing your Object Repository and Subscription Book Repository before migrating subscriptions.

Do not back up the repositories using the Copy Repository tool in Narrowcast Server. Copy Repository assigns a new System ID to the resulting repositories, which breaks the link between Narrowcast Server and your existing MicroStrategy project. Making a database backup retains this link.

You can migrate existing Narrowcast Server subscriptions to Distribution Services using the Configuration Wizard. For instructions, see the procedure below.

As an alternative to stepping through each page of the Configuration Wizard, you can create a response file with the update information, and use that response file with the Configuration Wizard to automatically migrate your Narrowcast Server subscriptions. For more information about using a response file to migrate your subscriptions, including instructions, see Using a Response File with Configuration Wizard.

You can also migrate your subscriptions from within Developer, with the Migrate Subscriptions for Web Deliveries wizard. To access the Migrate Subscriptions for Web Deliveries wizard, in Developer, from the Tools menu, select Migrate Narrowcast Server Subscriptions for Web Deliveries.

To Migrate Narrowcast Server Subscriptions Using the Configuration Wizard

Only the 32-bit Configuration Wizard (macfgwiz.exe) in Windows can support this functionality.

  1. In Windows, go to Start > All Programs > MicroStrategy Tools > Configuration Wizard. The Configuration Wizard opens.
  2. Select Upgrade existing environment to MicroStrategy Secure Enterprise, and then select the Narrowcast Server Web Delivery Subscriptions.
  3. Click Next.
  4. Step through the wizard, providing all information required.
  5. Click Migrate.