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Transformation Advisor on ACE V13 Windows

  • 1.  Transformation Advisor on ACE V13 Windows

    Posted Thu June 19, 2025 08:12 AM

    Hi All,

    I have the EVAL version (ACE 13.0.3.0) installed in  Windows 11. I wanted to play around with Transformation Advisor , using a backup that was taken on a Linux host, I provide the " --source-platform LinuxX64" parameter , but nothing happens. In fact, any command I run , nothing is produced.

    Then i saw this in the manual "Transformation Advisor is fully supported for installation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Limited Support is available for installation on Windows and is provided on a best-efforts basis". 

    So, has anyone experienced is with transformation advisor on Windows?



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    Emile Kearns
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  • 2.  RE: Transformation Advisor on ACE V13 Windows

    Posted Thu June 19, 2025 10:10 AM

    Hi Emile

    I used it on Windows from an ACE Backup from Windows, that worked for me. Havent tried Linux > Windows.

    Just tried it with 13.0.3.0 and it works. Will try from a linux system a bit later to verify your situation.



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    Regards
    Matthias Blomme
    Integration Specialist
    Integration Designers
    Turnhout
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  • 3.  RE: Transformation Advisor on ACE V13 Windows

    Posted Thu June 19, 2025 11:13 AM

    Hi Emile 

    I spun up a 12.0.12.8 node on linux, deployed some flows, took a backup and ran the TADataCollector 13.0.3.0 on Windows 11 and got the following output

    Are you sure your backup is ok?



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    Regards
    Matthias Blomme
    Integration Specialist
    Integration Designers
    Turnhout
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  • 4.  RE: Transformation Advisor on ACE V13 Windows

    Posted Wed June 25, 2025 03:26 AM

    Hi Matthias,

    I tried various backups.

    Can I just confirm, you have the DEVELOPER version of ACE installed, or a PROD version?



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    Emile Kearns
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  • 5.  RE: Transformation Advisor on ACE V13 Windows

    Posted Wed June 25, 2025 11:05 AM

    Matthias,

    I seems like the backup we take every evening is corrupt. Ran the backup individually and it seems that TA is working, very interesting.

    Will have to look at how we do the backup.

    Thanks for your help



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    Emile Kearns
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  • 6.  RE: Transformation Advisor on ACE V13 Windows

    Posted Wed June 25, 2025 11:12 AM

    Hi Emile

    Glad it is now working. But a bit sour that our scheduled backups are not ok..



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    Regards
    Matthias Blomme
    Integration Specialist
    Integration Designers
    Turnhout
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  • 7.  RE: Transformation Advisor on ACE V13 Windows

    Posted Thu June 26, 2025 02:47 AM

    Matthias,

    That is a huge concern.

    Then other thing that concerns is that the v13 documentation is not up to date



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    Emile Kearns
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  • 8.  RE: Transformation Advisor on ACE V13 Windows

    Posted Thu June 26, 2025 05:19 AM

    I am getting the error described and I see it is only intended for ACE 13.0.5.0 which is only due in August I think

    https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/apar/IT48034

    How do I get beyond this or do I just wait for 13.0.5.0



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    Emile Kearns
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  • 9.  RE: Transformation Advisor on ACE V13 Windows

    Posted Thu June 26, 2025 05:52 AM

    Hi Emile

    The documentation can occasionally not be up to date, but that doesn't mean the tool won't work. I've run it under ACE v13 and it worked for me. I you run it under 13, with the target being optional, it assumes the runtime you are running under.



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    Regards
    Matthias Blomme
    Integration Specialist
    Integration Designers
    Turnhout
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  • 10.  RE: Transformation Advisor on ACE V13 Windows

    Posted Thu June 26, 2025 05:56 AM

    To be clear, are you running ibmint extract, or are you getting that error from the TADataCollector?

    Did you get your backup fixed?


    If you have a support account, you can ask them to build an interim fix for IT48034 based on the v13 runtime  you currently have. You need to install that onto your current installation.



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    Regards
    Matthias Blomme
    Integration Specialist
    Integration Designers
    Turnhout
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  • 11.  RE: Transformation Advisor on ACE V13 Windows

    Posted Fri June 27, 2025 09:28 AM

    Hi Matthias,

    I get this error running TADataCollector.



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    Emile Kearns
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  • 12.  RE: Transformation Advisor on ACE V13 Windows

    Posted Mon June 30, 2025 10:02 AM

    Hi Emile

    I'm afraid there is not much I can do about that bit, other than suggesting you move your policies to the integration servers that use them (and not keep them at the node level).

    The best course of action would be to open a support case. 13.0.4.0 just got released a little over a week ago, so it will be August or September for 13.0.5.0



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    Regards
    Matthias Blomme
    Integration Specialist
    Integration Designers
    Turnhout
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  • 13.  RE: Transformation Advisor on ACE V13 Windows

    Posted 30 days ago
    Edited by Emile Kearns 30 days ago

    Thanks.

    Yes, I will wait, mine is not that urgent.

    Is there a way to check which policies are at node level?



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    Emile Kearns
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  • 14.  RE: Transformation Advisor on ACE V13 Windows

    Posted 29 days ago

    Hi Emile

    If you look at your filesystem, you would see them in a policies folder under the node

    C:\ProgramData\IBM\MQSI\components\DUMMYCREDS2\policies (where DUMMYCREDS2 is my node name)

    All others should be located under the integration servers 

    The good news is, if you don't care about splitting them up per integration server, you can copy them to each integration server and delete the folder under the node; functionally, it will behave the same.



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    Regards
    Matthias Blomme
    Integration Specialist
    Integration Designers
    Turnhout
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