Installing Migration Toolkit on SLES 12 x86_64

Prerequisites

Before you begin the installation process:

  • Set up the repository

Setting up the repository is a one-time task. If you have already set up your repository, you do not need to perform this step.

To set up the repository, go to EDB repositories and follow the instructions provided there.

  • Activate the required SUSE module

sudo SUSEConnect -p PackageHub/12.5/x86_64
sudo SUSEConnect -p sle-sdk/12.5/x86_64

  • Refresh the metadata

sudo zypper refresh

Install the package

sudo zypper -n install edb-migrationtoolkit

Initial configuration

Before invoking Migration Toolkit, you must download and install JDBC drivers for connecting to the source and target databases. See