Data Migration Test Plan
Can anyone give me a sample and simple Data Migration Test Plan? Or simply Data Migration Plan.

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  3:02 AM
Data migration, Data Migration Testing, Data migration tools

Office 365 – migration kits
Does anyone know what migration kits exist to help folks move to Office 365 from on-premises solutions. I’m wondering if Jeff Middleton from Small Business Server fame will have a kit to migrate to the cloud. anyone heard?

Answer Question   |  June 30, 2011  10:17 PM
Application deployment, Data migration, Microsoft Office, Office 365

copying archive tapes from jaguar to LTO5
For a migration project I have to copy 1500 jaguar tapes to LTO5.  This is a one time activity so I need a connect a robot with LTO5 drives only a limited time (2 years).  What LTO5 robots do support BRMS ?  I’ve been looking at Quantum Scalar i500 but Quantum say they aren’t compliant [...]

Answer Question   |  June 13, 2012  12:05 PM
BRMS, BRMS Backup, Data migration, LTO5, Tape Backups

Upgrading computers from Windows XP to Windows 7 best data migration practice.
We will be upgrading users to Windows 7. We currently have XP SP3 boxes. We will need to migrate the data to new boxes. The boxes will come with 7 pre installed. Should each box be turned on and the data migrated directly or should we backup to the server and pull it in from [...]

Answer Question   |  September 23, 2010  3:13 PM
Data migration, Windows, Windows 7 in 2010, Windows 7 installation, Windows Operating System, Windows Upgrades, Windows XP, Windows XP SP3

Importing large sets of Excel 2000 data to SQL database
I have large data sets of over 5 million customers in several excel 2000 worksheets. I would like to import the data to a SQL database and preserve all data including notes fields which are huge and contain all types of characters. What is the best method of achieving this?

Answer Question   |  August 18, 2010  8:08 PM
Data migration, Excel 2000, Excel Database, Excel worksheets, SQL Database, SQL migration

Transfer custom dictionary from one computer to another
is there a way to transfer the custom dictionary in open office from one computer to another, I’ve been adding entries one at a time to and old computer and wondering if I would have to do the same for the new computer

Answer Question   |  August 14, 2010  11:20 PM
Data migration, Data migration tools, OpenOffice, OpenOffice Writer

How can I export from Notes to MS Access and have links function within Access taking you back to a Notes data page?
How can I export from Notes to MS Access and have links function within Access taking you back to a Notes data page? Copying as Table from Notes creates the links and it works when pasted to Excel or Word…but not Access. Importing to Access from the working Excel file then breaks the hyperlink in [...]

Answer Question   |  January 26, 2011  5:06 PM
Access 2007 form creation, Data migration, Hyperlinks, Lotus Notes 8

Business Continuity Plan for SAP 4.6C upgrate to ECC6
Has anyone experieced a long downtime (1 week ?) for the upgrade resulting in business being required to carry out transactions on 4.6C while upgrade is in progress ? How do you handle the incremental data migration afterwards ?

Answer Question   |  April 20, 2010  4:09 AM
4.6C to Ecc6 upgrade, Data migration, Incremental backup, SAP 4.6

AS/400 to SQL Server Data Migration
What are the steps involved in migrating data from AS/400 to SQL Server. Could you please elaborate as I’m pretty new to such migration work?

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2010  1:09 PM
Data migration, SQL Server, SQL Server Data Migration

How do I confirm all the data moved from Source to target for different tables
How do I confirm all the data moved from Source to target for different tables. I am not able to phrase this question. Bottom line I want to make sure all the data was transferred to target database. That is my test to validate. Thanks

Answer Question   |  November 25, 2009  4:35 PM
Data migration, SQL, SQL migration

How can I estimate data migration costs?
I’m going from one infrastructure provider to another and need to migrate all data – 10,000 networked PCs, 75 application servers, 75 file/print servers, 50 routers/switches. Are there any standard rules of thumb (metrics) out there that will allow me to ESTIMATE how much I should actually be paying for data migration before I get a quote? [...]

Answer Question   |  August 27, 2009  6:32 PM
Data migration, Data Migration Costs

Network storage topology and Data Migration
How does Network storage topology (NAS or SAN) affect Data Migration process?

Answer Question   |  August 4, 2009  12:41 PM
Data migration, NAS, Network design, Network Topology, SAN

Data Migration Project Life Cycle
What is Data Migration Project Life Cycle?

Answer Question   |  July 30, 2011  11:47 AM
Data migration, Data Migration Testing, Life cycle management, QA, Testing software

QA – Data Migration Testing
When does the Involvement of a QA in Data Migration Projects start?What role particular a QA plays at various phases ?

Answer Question   |  October 25, 2010  3:50 PM
Data migration, Data Migration Testing, QA, Quality assurance

Data migration tool
how can we provide the security while migrating the data?

Answer Question   |  July 28, 2009  8:06 AM
.NET Framework 3.5, Data migration, Data migration tools, Information security

Data Migration Testing
Currently I am working on a data migration project. I would like to know “What are the aspects that need to be considered during Testing? Also, what are the aspects that need to be addressed in data verification?”

Answer Question   |  June 2, 2010  7:55 AM
Data migration, Data quality, Data verification, Testing

Migrating from SalesLogix 7.0 to ACT! 2008
My company has decided to reduce its overhead by rolling back from SalesLogix 7.0 to ACT! 2008. I can import all the users with no problem, but I am having a problem importing in the notes and history. Has anyone esle had this issue?

Answer Question   |  January 29, 2009  12:24 AM
ACT, ACT! 2008, CRM, Data migration, Sales force automation, SalesLogix, SalesLogix 7.0

Moving data from one DB to another DB in SQL Server 2005
Hi all I got formula to calucalate Row_size of a table Row_Size = Fixed_Data_Size + Variable_Data_Size + Null_Bitmap + 4 Fixed_Data_Size = total byte size of all fixed-length columns Variable_Data_Size = 2 + (Num_Variable_Cols x 2) + Max_Var_Size Num_Variable_Cols = number of variable-length columns Max_Var_Size = maximum byte size of all variable-length columns Null_Bitmap = [...]

Answer Question   |  December 22, 2008  2:22 PM
Data migration, Max_Var_Size, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2005 migration, SQL Server migration

Finding which columns contain data in a table
I have to establish which columns in a table have data present. Each row has up to 100 columns, and not all of the columns contain data relating to the row. So in Table 1, Col1 Col2 Col3 Col4 Row 1 abc Row 2 abc Row 3 abc Would give a report showing that Table [...]

Answer Question   |  December 10, 2008  3:42 PM
columns, Data migration, Database migration, Oracle Database, Oracle Database to SQL Database Migration, SQL Database

How to rebuild RAID without obstructing data migration?
I see why RAID rebuilds obstruct data migration. A RAID rebuild is NOT like backup and restore. The rebuild consumes resources, e.g. CPU etc. So if we have the RAID on a separate system (managed by its own CPU) then: Surely this allows a RAID rebuild without obstructing data migration? Do you envisage other options [...]

Answer Question   |  July 21, 2009  9:39 PM
Data migration, RAID, RAID rebuild, Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks, Storage management