@Nishanth,
Let's clarify what you are doing.
You have one environment installed with ALM 11.0. What does this consist of?
- How many servers, running what OS?
- What are you using for database management?
You have a second environment installed with ALM 11.5. What does this consist of?
- How many servers, running what OS?
- What are you using for database management?
You are attempting to take a project from the first environment (ALM 11.0) and make it available in the second environment (ALM 11.5).
I just did these very steps, taking a project from ALM 11.0 (patch 12) to ALM 11.52 SP1. I have a Windows Server as the application server and host for the Repository, and a second Windows Server for the database, managed with MS SQL.
0. Before I did anything, within ALM 11.52 I created a new empty project.
1. If version control is enabled for the project, ensure there are no entities checked out.
2. In ALM 11.0 deactivate the project
3. In AlM 11.0 Remove the project from Site Admin
4. Make a backup of the project database
5. Copy the project database to ALM 11.52's database server
6. Restore the database
7. Update the db passwords for internal use
- execute this query against the project's database in the ALM 11.52 environment
- EXEC sp_change_users_login ‘Auto_Fix’, ‘td’, null, ‘'
(those are single quote marks through the query)
8. Copy the project's repository directory from ALM 11.0 repository to ALM 11.5x repository
(You do NOT want to already have a copy of this directory in ALM 11.5x)
9. Open the dbid.xml file of the new, empty project you created in step 0. Use that as a reference for updating the dbid.xml file of the project you copied over. Update
DB_USER_PASS
DBSERVER_NAME
DB_CONNSTR_FORMAT
PHYSICAL_DIRECTORY
Also double check DB_NAME
10. Within site admin on ALM 11.52, restore the project, verify the project, repair the project, and upgrade the project.
Note that I was not using any customizations for user roles and permissions, or within the workflow concerning those. If you have customization in those area, that might be causing your problems.