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Migrate from OpenText ALM to OpenText ALM Octane

Migrate your business-critical data without disruptions and zero-impact on ongoing work

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Supported entities and versions

OpenText ALM

Entities we support: Defect, Requirement, Test, Test Set, Test Set Folder, Test Configurations, Test Plan Folder , Test Run, Cycle, Release, Release Folder

Supported versions: SaaS: 15.x On-Prem: 10.0*, 11.0*[Patch 8, i.e., Micro Focus ALM/QC 11.00 Service Pack 3 and later], 11.5, 11.5x, 12.0, 12.2, 12.5, 12.52, 12.53, 12.55, 12.6, 15.x, 16.x, 17.x

OpenText ALM Octane

Entities we support: Requirement Folder, Requirement Document, Defect, Epic, Feature, Story, Quality Story, Task, Test Manual, Test Suite, Gherkin Test, Run Manual, Milestone, Release, Sprint, Run Suite, Team

Supported versions: 12.55.6.79

Benefits of migrating to OpenText ALM Octane

What’s in it for your enterprise

Agile Integration

OpenText ALM Octane seamlessly integrates Agile user stories and backlog management, enabling teams to efficiently document business needs and align them with artifacts in the software development lifecycle, like defects or tests.

Scalable Hybrid Cloud Solution

Designed for scale, OpenText ALM Octane operates natively in a hybrid cloud environment—whether as a Micro Focus-managed SaaS or on-premises. As an enterprise-class platform, it supports customizable business rules, user-defined fields, and leverages a Swagger-documented REST API for seamless integration with the full lifecycle services.

DevOps-Ready Architecture

OpenText ALM Octane is architecturally aligned with widely adopted open-source developer and collaboration tools. Teams practicing Agile development and building DevOps toolchains can harness the power of Git version control, Jenkins build, Azure DevOps, and other continuous integration (CI) systems, making ALM Octane an immediate value addition to modern workflows.

OpenText ALM - OpenText ALM Octane Migration using OMM

Things to keep in mind when considering data migration

1

Business Continuity

Balancing large data volume migration while keeping critical systems operational is essential. Failure to minimize downtime risks financial losses and damage to the organization's reputation.

2

Data Integrity Risks

Maintaining accurate data transfer is crucial. Ignoring these risks can lead to compromised decision-making and communication gaps.

3

System Compatibility and Interoperability

Mitigate challenges related to system compatibility and data format differences by ensuring appropriate transformation and validation for the new environment.

4

Regulatory Compliance and Data Security

Address challenges associated with regulatory compliance and data security during migration to ensure that sensitive information remains protected and compliant with relevant laws.

5

Training and Stakeholder Communication

Ensuring stakeholders are informed and teams have the right training framework in place leaves little scope for miscommunication and productivity loss.

Why OpsHub Migration Manager

Migrating data can be a complex and time-consuming process, often riddled with inefficiencies and data loss. While other solutions might leave you piecing together scattered fragments, OpsHub Migration Manager (OMM) delivers a comprehensive experience.
With OMM, you're not just migrating data, you’re taking control of your workflow and investing in a future of enhanced data visibility and reduced migration risks.

Zero downtime during migration

Your teams will be able to keep working without any halts in operations or productivity.

Agile approach to data migration

Control what you want to migrate, and when you want to migrate it. No surprises later and no unexpected rework.

High data fidelity post migration

Let your teams enjoy the same data they used in the legacy system, migrated to exactly where you want in the new one. No data inconsistency, no compliance fallouts.

More reasons why forward-thinking teams across the board trust OpsHub’s migration capabilities

Migrate without disrupting operations or team productivity:

  • Maintain data and application continuity across both environments for uninterrupted operations.
  • Validate data and applications in the new environment while still operating in legacy apps.

Get the most out of your migration with high data fidelity and no data loss:

  • Prevent data loss post-migration by bridging model mismatches between source and target systems.
  • Ensure accurate transitions with complete data context, history, comments and relationships.

No matter the size of your teams or projects:

  • Configure once and reuse across thousands of projects and hundreds of teams.
  • Facilitate phased migrations, allowing teams to switch to agile tools while simultaneously working in the current system.

Ensure all security and regulatory compliance standards are met:

  • Migrate all artifacts with history, comments, attachments, and relationships.
  • Facilitate migration to modern tools without retaining older systems.

Minimize setbacks in your journey with a robust failure recovery mechanism:

  • Restart migrations from any point even in the event of changing requirements.
  • Easily reconcile data in case of errors or change requests.

How to migrate from OpenText ALM to OpenText ALM Octane with OpsHub’s enterprise-grade migration solution

Configure OpenText ALM and  OpenText ALM Octane onto OpsHub Migration Manager

Identify and specify requirements and entities for migration.

Define detailed field mapping to enable comprehensive traceability.

Integrate both systems and activate the migration.

Finalize the migration by cutting off OpenText ALM post completion.

Get started with your OpenText ALM to OpenText ALM Octane Migration today

Schedule a free 30-minute live demo with our migration experts