QAD 2017 Enterprise Edition > Installation-Conversion > Conversion Guide > Conversion Overview > Prerequisite Skills
  
Prerequisite Skills
The procedures in this manual are only intended for system administrators and other qualified personnel with the following training and experience:
QAD Enterprise Edition installation and administration training
A working knowledge of QAD Enterprise Edition products
System maintenance expertise (for example, adding menu items and custom programs)
Starting and stopping AdminServers, AppServers, and NameServers
Basic Progress database administration skills (probkup, prorest, and dump and load)
Familiarity with Linux/UNIX and command-line navigation
QAD strongly recommends that all persons involved in the conversion have the following background:
Progress database tuning parameters
Basic Progress coding skills for debugging simple Progress queries
Basic Tomcat administration skills (starting, stopping, and installing Tomcat and changing ports and permissions)