IFS Applications business data are stored in a Oracle database. Data Management is about how this data can be migrated, replicated, archived and synchronized between two or more installations of IFS Applications.
Data Migration is a tool that loads data from external sources into the application core objects in IFS Applications. This tool is typically used to move data from previous legacy systems when an IFS solution is first implemented, or when systems are consolidated.
Replication makes it possible for several installations of IFS Applications to share basic data.
Data Archiving is a way of moving data from a production database to a specified data archive destination.
IFS Data Synchronization provides the framework runtime, configuration and monitoring support to synchronize basic data and transactional data between a central installation (hub) and one or many satellite installations. Typically, IFS Data Synchronization is to be introduced when different sites will be physically separated in different installations where each site should be able to process transactions on its own without connecting to the hub. Data is rather synchronized with the hub when the communication link become available.