RPI Lawson 10x Tech
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This document provides an overview and agenda for an Infor Lawson 10x Technical Q&A session. The agenda covers platforms and licensing, user interfaces, Ming.le, security services, process automation, upgrade approach, and testing. It discusses migrating to Lawson 10x, considerations for implementing Ming.le, Landmark, process automation, and security services. Best practices are provided for deployment, and a sample three pass upgrade approach is outlined. The presenter emphasizes the importance of testing customizations, applications, interfaces and providing training for administrators on new systems.
RPI Lawson 10x Tech
- 1. Infor Lawson 10x Technical Q&A Presenter: Richard Leigh Stout Copyright © 2015 RPI Consultants, LLC. All rights reserved. Friday, October 9, 2015
- 2. About RPI Founded in 1999 in Baltimore, MD 50+ consultants nationwide with certifications across the spectrum of Lawson/Infor products
- 4. • Platforms and Licensing • Ming.le • ESS • Landmark, IPA, and ISS • Release Cycle • Upgrade Approach • Platform Migrations • Testing and Training On Today’s Agenda
- 5. Platforms
- 6. Licensing • Line up your 10x software licensing o 10.0.x apps o Landmark o MicroFocus Visual Cobol o BSI support o Operating system and database
- 7. User Interfaces for Lawson 10 • Ming.le (formerly known as Workspace) • Smart Office • No LID
- 10. Infor Ming.le Foundation SQ L S3 Plug-in LBI Plug-in MSCM Plug-in Custo m Plug-in LS as STS SharePoint Foundation 2013
- 11. Best practices for Ming.le deployment Install on a new Windows VM, one per environment Use separate instance of SharePoint, not existing farm Ming.le
- 13. Ming.le: Have it Your way! Publish direct S3 link Custom Plug-ins Configure Logos
- 14. EMSS External Web Server Without Ming.le EMSS Links ISS is Key
- 15. Can I still use Process Flow in Infor Lawson 10? Must install Landmark and switch to Infor Process Automation Migrate to Landmark/IPA today or as part of Lawson 10 upgrade? 1960s 2000s Landmark runs on AIX or Windows No HP-UX, iSeries, Solaris
- 16. They go togethe r like… Keep in mind when implementing Landmark Landmark 10.1.1.29 6 Landmark 10.1.0.40
- 17. IPA Considerations Converting flows and migrating data Logan tables Training admins and developers
- 18. Consider this when implementing Infor Security Services… Update LSF and LDAP schema LSA Desktop Client Training Security Admin N-1 or N-2 ESP & Stabilize IS S
- 19. “Renew, release, let go. Yesterday’s gone. There’s nothing you can do to bring it back. You can’t “should’ve” done something. You can only DO something. Renew yourself. Release that attachment.” --Steve MaraboliWill only supply patches for “N minus 2”
- 20. ESPs and MSPs Apps released annually in April Tech released bi-annually in April and October ISS and LSF patches Released often with dependencies ISS is patched by re- delivery and LSF by 2000s Release the Kraken!
- 21. In what order should it go? 10
- 22. The Road to
- 23. Upgrade Approac h Lawson 9 TEST Lawson 9 PROD Lawson 10 PROD Lawson 10 TEST 2nd Pass data migration 3rd Pass data migration 1st Pass data migration 1st Pass customizations 2nd Pass customizations Installed with Pass #1. Used for: • Customization development • Interface development Installed with Pass #2. Used for: • Testing • Data validation Sample Three Pass starting with Test
- 26. So Much to Test! Browser compatibility Customizations Cobol Self service application Scripts Application differences Interfaces
- 27. And What About Training?! Application Differences Sys Admins Landmark Admin Process Automation Security SharePoint (Ming.le)
- 28. Questions?
Editor's Notes
- #5: Interrupt me! No Q&A after
- #6: Windows 2008 R2 vs 2012 Windows 2012R2 with LSF 10.0.7 available now New MicroFocus Visual Cobol license required Cygwin is required – SUA no longer supported Required Windows updates IBM I AIX Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- #9: Ming.le
- #10: Lawson and Ming.le
- #11: Prefer LS as STS ADFS for cloud Kerberos for other Infor products
- #12: Install on a new Windows VM – one per environment Colocating on LSF or other servers not recommended Recommended: use a separate instance of SharePoint not part of an existing farm Authentication against Lawson Version dependencies
- #13: Mingle Differences LBI is now accessible via a Ming.le Plug-in Using LBI within Portal is no longer supported (ie efs.xml) Portal technically still exists (PORTAL.jar) Direct access only supported for EMSS access Portal Welcome message does not exist, product line shown by form SharePoint 2013 pre-reqs don’t auto install, use PowerShell. Also .NET Framework 3.5 for SQL
- #14: Publish direct link to S3 Custom Plug-Ins Add your own plug-ins Inbasket, RQC Configurable Logos Replace Infor logo with Company logo Change Lawson Portal, LBI, and MSCM Plug-in logos
- #15: - External web server in DMZ for EMSS - Not recommended to allow Ming.le access direct from Internet - Recommend custom home page for EMSS links ISS provides separate PortalRole for external access and Rule Files that limit table/form access Check the latest EMSS Admin Guide
- #16: Landmark/IPA administration – training available
- #17: On Windows, must install as local user not domain user Landmark 10.1.0 end of mainstream maintenance is April 30, 2015
- #18: IPA is a big improvement over ProcessFlow Migration considerations Converting flows and migrating user/task/category data Logan tables now in IPA database Training for admins and developers Cutover strategy
- #19: LSFCT and LDAP schema update LSA desktop client update SecurityAdministrator_ST actor role Training Recommend N-1 or N-2 LSF 9.0.1 ESP and stabilization before installing ISS
- #20: Infor supports multiple past releases, but will only supply patches for “N minus 2” This means that you must keep your systems on a regular patch cycle. 18 months happens fast!
- #21: In May 2016 current env version will be 10.0.9
- #22: LMRK IPA Now: Landmark 10.0 now, 10.1 with LSF 10 Upgrade - Re-configure IPA (Configuration Sets data) Delete IPA product line and Create new if Product Line name changes - Re-install, configure, and sync ISS Federation and SetPAS - Re-configure bpm.properties
- #23: Parallel Upgrade: Recommended for Windows customers So many new and updated components, not much to leverage on existing server Good opportunity to upgrade OS and database In Place Upgrade: Number of tasks to complete in downtime window challenging DPP have been rewritten to increase data migration speed
- #24: Mingle Architecture
- #25: Mingle Architecture
- #26: Sqldbcopy faster than dbcopy, check JDBC config GEN and LOGAN, security, LDAP, print files IPA database (.sso files) LBI databases and Lawson Documents directory, edit service names/URLs
- #27: User ID Conversion: Unix ID vs NTID in GEN and Application tables Use listusermap to view AD ID to NTID mapping Database Conversion: Dbcopy vs third party tools (sqldbcopy does not support cross-platform) Third party tools run much faster than dbcopy Type matching setup / verification of third party tools More work during the project, but shorter go-live
- #29: Application Differences Recommend a 2 hour WebEx overview System Administration Landmark Admin Process Automation Security – User Provisioning SharePoint (Ming.le) Security Performance tuning