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.
Things to keep in mind when considering data migration
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.
Data Integrity Risks
Maintaining accurate data transfer is crucial. Ignoring these risks can lead to compromised decision-making and communication gaps.
System Compatibility and Interoperability
Mitigate challenges related to system compatibility and data format differences by ensuring appropriate transformation and validation for the new environment.
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.
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
Zero downtime migrations
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.
Say goodbye to risky migrations, for good
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.
Enjoy limitless scalability
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.
Leverage true data integrity and consistency
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.
Build a truly agile data ecosystem
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
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