Video:
Options Available for Moving Databases From One Instance/Server to Another
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Skill level:
300 (Intermediate)
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Run Time:
12:30
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Instructor:
Scott Whigham
Description:
One of the most common questions that Scott Whigham (author of this site) gets is, 'How do I move/copy a database from ServerA to ServerB?' and this section is meant to help you understand the options available and how to do the copy/move.
This video is just an overview of the options for moving databases around your environment are; it is not a demo/tutorial, per se. You'll definitely want to watch the other videos in this section to view the demo/tutorials.
Highlights from this video:
- Options for migrating SQL 2000 to SQL 2005 and SQL 2005 to SQL 2005
- Differences between an upgrade and a migration
- Backup/Restore
- Detach/Attach
- SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Tasks
- Scripting with the SQL Server 2005 Database Publishing Wizard
and much more.
NOTE: During the lecture, Scott makes a typo in the discussion of database compatibility levels. The correct stored procedure should be sp_dbcmptlevel
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Scott Whigham
Scott Whigham is the founder of LearnItFirst.com, one of the web's most extensive
video training libraries focusing on technical training. Scott is also an experienced
consultant, trainer, and author with more than a decade of hands-on experience working
with SQL Server databases, writing and debugging applications using Visual Studio,
and performance tuning. Scott designed the architecture (websites, class libraries,
and database) for the LearnItFirst.com websites and, most
re...
(Scott's full bio can be found here)
NOTE: This video is part of our
SQL Server 2005 Database Administration course.
This video is from Chapter
6:
Database Creation, Management and Best Practices
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