Hello,
I have a requirement to move the Web Tier component of our BusinessObjects XI 3.1 system from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012 R2 machines. We are using IBM Websphere 8.5.
Yes I do realize this is very old unsupported software and operating systems, but we still have a reliance on Desktop Intelligence reports (which we are working on).
To avoid a big outage to our BusinessObjects XI 3.1 production system I want to reinstall the Web Tier Components on the new Windows Server 2012 R2 machines in advance.
What has put me off doing this is the prompt to enter the CMS Clustering credentials. What exactly does this do? Does it write anything to the CMS database or have any impact on the BusinessObjects XI 3.1 system? If it does I'll need to backup up the CMS database or create snapshots of the existing BusinessObjects XI 3.1 system.
It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could advise.
Thanks Stuart.


