A simple backup method to restore the blank PDMLink 8.0 (Pro/INTRALINK 8.0) after having populated it with data from a first migration attempt (export/import of an oracle dumpfile). When performing a data migration, you will repeat the migration procedure a number of times to rehearse the process. Each migration attempt results in data being migrated into the target system. In order to perform subsequent migrations, this migrated data will need to be removed from the target system, otherwise duplicate object conflicts would occur for every object in the system. The simplest way to reset the system to a pre-migration state, is to import an Oracle Dumpfile "snapshot". Creating the snapshot should be done immediately before a migration attempt begins, at the point where the Windchill 8.0 system, including the Data Migrator, has been completely installed, configured, and validated. This "snapshot" of the Oracle database will act as the waypoint that can be returned to easily, by importing the dumpfile into Oracle. The following procedures should be followed for creation of the shapshot before migration (Steps 1-3), dropping the PDMLink schema user, recreating the user and Importing the dumpfile to reset the system (Step 4), and recompiling packages that might have been invalidated (Step 5). 1. After a successful Pro/INTRALINK 8.0 and Pro/INTRALINK Data Migrator installation login to Pro/INTRALINK 8.0 as local admin (wcadmin/wcadmin), configure and validate the external vaults, create the IBA organizer (TestOrganizer) and the libraries and products. 2. Run "ildataloader Mapping" and select option 1 (test connection). If this test is successful exit out of the dataloader and follow the step below to create a pdmlink dumpfile. 3. Create a pdmlink dumpfile: DOS>exp system/manager@wind file=D:\ptc\pdmlink\empty_ilink8_M10_dump.dmp owner=guest log=exp.log where: "wind" is the Pro/INTRALINK 8.0 service name and "guest" is the owner of Pro/INTRALINK 8.0 schema. These names can be different depending on what you chose during the installation procedure. 4. After the dumpfile is created, proceed with the migration steps and run all the migration loaders including the filetransfer. When the time comes that you want to run the migration a second time around, all you need to do is drop the PDMLink schema user, run the script \db\sql\create_user.sql and import the dumpfile you created in the previous step as illustrated in the example below: DOS> sqlplus system/manager@wind SQL> drop user guest cascade; SQL>@\db\sql\create_user.sql Enter username: guest Enter temporary tablespace: TEMP Enter users tablespace: USERS SQL>exit DOS>imp system/manager@wind file=D:\ptc\pdmlink\empty_ilink8_M10_dump.dmp full=y ignore=y log=import_log.lst 5. Follow instructions of TPI 128926 to identify and re-compile any packages that might have been invalidated.