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Clarification of Commonly-Used Lawson Terms
Application Upgrade. An application upgrade means that you are moving your application programs and data from one application release level to the next; i.e. from 7.2 HR to 8.0 HR. Each client will need to address isues such as disk sizing, installations, test upgrades, and problems during the upgrade process.
Environment Upgrade. An Environment upgrade is moving from one environment release level to the next, i.e. going from UNIX/NT Environment 7.3 to Environment 8.0. Environment upgrade questions are handled by the UNIX/NT and AS/400 Environment groups. Environment upgrades require new environment software issued on your behalf by your Client Service Manager.
Cyclical Upgrade. Cyclicals contain maintenance patches which fix bugs found in a previous version. For example, going from 7.2.2 to 7.2.4 is a cyclical update.
Patches. A patch is when a single program fix may be delivered to a client. It tells the client what change(s) to make in a program. The client then makes the change to the given source code and recompiles the program.
Conversions. A non-Lawson-to-Lawson conversion means that you are converting data from another vendor into Lawson, or you are cannot or choose not to "upgrade" to the current application version using the upgrade programs Lawson provides. An example of the latter would be moving data from 7.0 directly into 8.0 without the benefit of doing two upgrades. When conversion programs are run, only the primary files and their data are brought over to the new release. All other detail data is not brought over and must be re-entered. Conversion workbooks are available from the Documentation Center on support.lawson.com. Questions regarding conversion programs are handled by the staff performing the conversion work.
Migration. A migration is moving data from one hardware platform to another. For example, moving from an AS400 system to a UNIX system. This is a lateral move; you cannot go to a higher release level when you migrate. If you were on Release 7.2 applications on the original platform, you will migrate to the same 7.2 version on the new platform.
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