We often have to migrate changes to sql server 2000 databases from
development to production. Normally we dump the sql from Enterprise Manager
for production and development and do a diff (using CSDiff - downloadable for
free).
From the diff information we create some scripts to add new tables or alter
existing tables as required. This is time consuming and error-prone.
I am now trying the following:
1. Backup up the Development database
2. Delete the Development database
3. Restore the Development database as Development_Backup
3. Use the the sql script to create the new Development database
structure from scratch
4. Use Data Transformation Services to migrate the data from
Development_Backup
The problem is that many of the 'sys' tables are empty. For example table
'sysforeignkeys' is empty.
Is there an easy way to rebuild the data in the 'sys' tables?
I have migrated several (7) DTS packages to SSIS in a development environment. In this environment these packages all work as designed. I am now in the process of placing the .dtsx files on the production server and scheduling jobs around them.
I am encountering problems in 3 of these 7 packages. I get the following error:
Message The job failed. The Job was invoked by User <domainuser>. The last step to run was step 1 (Create and Transfer Credentialling Data). This is not what I would call very informative. I have opened the dtsx files in question in BIDS on the production server and each has the following error reported:
Error loading <name>dtsx; Failed to decrypt protected XML node "PassWord" with error 0x8009000B" Key not valid for use in specified state." You may not be authorized to access this information. This error occurs when there is a cryptographic error. Verify that the correct key is available. I have looked at the package setting "Protection Level" and all seven packages have the same setting: EncryptSensisitveWithUserKey Each of the connections within the packages have been defined to utilize Windows Authentictation. And the jobs are set to run under the SQL Agent Account. What I find most puzzeling is that each of these packages are defined exactly the same and some work correctly and others do not. Thanks for taking the time help me with this issue.
I have a medical records system, SoapWare v4.90, that uses MSDE (SQL2000) databases. Due to the 2gb limitation, I am trying to migrate over to SQL 2005 (Standard or Express) which I have heard works fine. The SoapWare has a datamanager that allows me to log in to the MSDE instance, detach the SoapWare databases from msde (as well as do backups, etc) which I can confirm are detached.
Then I log back into a SQL2005 database instance using the datamanager and try to attach the database. This is what their pictured instructions demonstrate. However, I get the following error:
Database 'sw_charts' cannot be upgraded because it is read-only or has read-only files. Make the database or files writeable, and rerun recovery.
Of course, some of the entries will be read only, since doctors have to sign off the charts and are not allowed to subsequently change them. But I should still be able to switch over to sql 2005?!?!?!?
Or... is there a way to attach the databases to SQLExpress manually?
I am able to run the package successfuly in test database. but not in production database. It throughs up error saying
Description: Unable to load the package as XML because of package does not have a valid XML format. A specific XML parser error will be posted. Description: Failed to open package file "D:\TAHOE\APPS\SSISPackages\Integration Services Packages\ArchiveMain.dtsx" due to error 0x80070015 "The device is not ready.". This happens when loading a package and the file cannot be opened or loaded c orrectly into the XML document. This can be the result of either providing an incorrect file name was specified when calling LoadPackage or the XML file was specified and has an incorrect format. End Error Could not load package "D:\TAHOE\APPS\SSISPackages\Integration Services Packages\ArchiveMain.dtsx" because of error 0xC0011002. Description: Failed to open package file "D:\TAHOE\APPS\SSISPackages\Integration Services Packages\ArchiveMain.dtsx" due to error 0x80070015 "The device is not ready.". This happens when loading a package and the file cannot be opened or loaded corr ectly into the XML document. This can be the result of either providing an incorrect file name was specified when calling LoadPackage or the XML file was specified and has an incorrect format.
Can anyone tell me how I can migrate database from one server to another I need to migrate all the tables, stored procedures, functions and so on thank you
Hey all I have restored a database that was held on the SQL Server 2000 onto SQL Server 2005 Express Edition.
All the stored procedures have been restored as well but when I try to modify it and then save it, it will save it as '.sql' in a folder that I can choose but how wld that wrk? Can't I save it as a stored procedure like on SQL Server 2000?
I'm new to SQL Server 2005 so any response will be highly appreciated.
Hello faculties,We've a production database that is being used by one of our clientsas a backend for his website. The database size is around 1GB.Recently we added some tables to our local database which is areplica of the production database. Now we need to apply the samechanges at the production one aslo.I've no clue about what steps should i implement.Please guide me!Thanks in advanceDebian*** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***
We are installing an application with MSSQL database at our users place.Now we have two instances of the same database:- developing database, on which we are working at- production database, which is at our user's place.That 2 databases would have to be syncronised.Users will of course enter some data into production database. How can wechange the production database do reflect changes we have made on thedeveloping database?D.--
I am migrating MS SQL Server 6.5 databases to a new server and wanted to create the data & log devices differently than they are on the old box. My dbcc checks are giving me 2558 errors because my devices weren't built the same size in the same order. I thought if I didn't copy the master, I didn't have to rebuild the database exactly the same. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to rebuild different device sizes and do a successful restore ? Thanks in advance !
I need to move all existing dbs to a new server. One of the database is over 90GB in size. If I plan to use to restore database option, should I restore all user database first, then the system databases(master, msdb) or should I restore the system database first and the user databases second?? Thanks.
I'm looking for advice/caveats about how to convert/export information on AS database / cube roles. The reason why is because we have to move the server into different windows domain and all the roles reference windows accounts in the old domain. Using the MS SQL 2000 version.
I got a project of moving a web site of one a firm from one ISP machine to another ISP machine. They are using Cold Fusion with SQL Server as the database. I am new to SQL Server. I want some tips on how to migrate the database from one machine to another.
I developed an asp.net application in visual web developer 2005 express edition and SQL sever 2005 express with Advanced services. The application has been deployed and iam wondering what tools are availabel to for backing up my data. Are there any tools i can use to back-up my database. Iam not talking of third party tools but tools a vailable in sql sever 2005 express with advanced services or visual web developer express. OR can write a vb.net Sub procedure that i run and have my database backed up. If so where can i start or what other options may i explorer.
Can anyone help me in this issue: How do we replicate database changes (like tables) from QA to production without losing Production data. We already tried using the DTS export but it is dropping the destination tables before export which will result in data loss in the destination database.
We have a database in production which has free space about 200 GB in Data files and Index files, I want to shrink Data files and Index files.If I do incremental shrink in daytime does it hurt the performance of the database or please advise what is the best practice.
I have a production database with a backup job that creates files with thenaming convention dbname_db_200503291800.bak. I want to schedule a restorejob that will retire yesterdays backup. How can I write my restore statementso that it will specify the backup file with yesterdays date.Thanks
we are having 2 prodction servers in our environment. and we are planning to perform database mirroring between them.i want to mirror server 1 databases to server2 and server 2 databases to server 1. is this possible??
if possible , can any one give me a link to document where i can find more info on this, or send me the steps what i need to done for this...
- I have one production database and one test database. - In the test database i have done a few changes on the structure - mostly adding new fields in the tables. - Now i want to apply the table changes to my production database. Does anyone have any suggestions on how i should do that?
I mean, of course i could just manually check every field and update the changes - but that could take a while - i guess there are some better ways this could be done, like: - backup data - delete tables - recreate tables using structure of test database - reinsert data
Is this the correct way? Are there any easy ways to do this?
The changes i made should not make problems regarding data that is already stored (like changing a string field to int)
Hi, We are planning to migrate data from access to sqlserver. I have good knowledge on sql server...but never used access to migrate. Can anyone help me with the basics to be kept in mind and methods and errors you get in migrateing data.If possible explain in detail and what is to be done while migrating data.....thank you in advance.And its urgent please.
i am migrating data and schema from oracle server to sql server., when i try to do the dts it gives me an error saying could not resolve tnsnames.ora. iam not sure what is the problem.
My oracle server host is dbserver.hari.com.edu and its name is Prod (name of the machine)
i tried both it still gives me the same error., but when i install an oracle client on the machine and configure the same it is working great.
My question is, is it necessary to install oracle client to migrate database from oracle to sql server. If not how do i do the same...what is the process to do it. since this is a prodction machine we don't want more of applications running on the same machine.
Hi, I have a database on a SQL Server 2000, and would like to migrate it to a new server machine that has SQL Server 2005. has anyone already tried this, and can you please provide the steps to follow.
Hi all, I have a site which used a SQL Express database. On my development machine, it works perfectly. As soon as I move it to the production machine, it doesn't work at all. I am pretty confused by what is going on and I really don't want to install Visual Studio on my production machine just to debug it. I am hoping someone might have an idea what could be happening. Oh, and I have tried setting Everyone to Full Control on the App_Data directory just to test. Still breaks. Below is my web.config connection string: <connectionStrings> <add name="database_sqlexpress" connectionString="Data Source=.SQLEXPRESS; AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|MyDatabase.mdf; integrated security=true; user instance=true"/></connectionStrings>
We're using SQL Server 2000 as back end in our web project. The problem is we've 3 different copies of same database - one each for Development, Test and Production sitting in 2 different machines.
My question is - is there any tool for comparing the objects (tables, stored procedures, etc) ?
I have been looking for some documentation that would support or rejectmy opinion on Production -vs- Development naming conventions. Ibelieve that each environment should be housed on separate servers withidentical names, access, users, stored procs....... If you eitheragree or disagree with this methodology, I would appreciate your input.TIA,Bill
Is there any tool available to migrate the data from the SQL Server test database to SQL Server production database. Data Migration should be based on a condition which can be given as an input for a table by the user. The dependant tables also should be migrated based on the condition. i.e data subsetting based on the matching conditions.
Ex : Salary > 2000
The rows of the table which matches the condition alone need to be migrated for the corresponding table. Also its dependant table's rows should be migrated based on the given condition. Please help me with a tool which can automate this.
I am trying to refresh a test database with data from a production database. Both database structures are identical, e.g. constraints, stored procs, PK, etc. I am trying to create a package in SSIS that accomplishes this task and I am having extensive problems. The import export wizard is out of the question because the constaints are not carried over, plus when I try to refresh the data using the import export wizard, it fails on 1 specific table because of a column in that table named "Error code". I think "Error code" is a micrsoft keyword, so it fails on this column. Does anyone know a workaround that I can do to accomplish this simple task, that could be completed in minutes using DTS. I understand that SSIS is not as straight forward as DTS, but this task is something that DBA's do on a regular basis and therefore should not be this difficult.
I have question regarding SQL Transactional Replication methodology
1. Let's say successfully created SQL Transactional Replication and running / transferring data from publisher to subscriber
2. Now one day the source production / publisher SQL Server is down and the remaining DR SQL Server is up (subscriber)
3. Next day, we fixed and bring up the production / publisher SQL Transactional Replication server, then how can we sync back all existing data records from subscriber into publisher side ?
Our DBA is out for about 6 weeks. One of his regular jobs is to take a Database that is in our Prod environment and copy it to our Training environment.
I have backed up and restored to different servers before, however the Database name in Prod is different than in the Train environment in this case.
In other words I have a PROD database named DATABASE-XX that I want to copy to another SQL server and restore it to DATABASE-XX-TRAIN.
Is there anything special I need to do, other than backup on PROD, copy to TRAIN and restore to the corresponding DB in TRAIN?
I have a 20 GB SS2005 database that I would like to be replicated to a dev server for testing purposes. I might have some issues with the firewall blocking ports. I haven't read up on the specifics of how log shipping works yet, but I assume that is the best approach. A daily transfer would suffice.
A few options I am considering:
1. use the built in stuff, but I'm not sure it will work with our security settings, and if the trans logs are large it might be strained.
2. writing a small custom app to zip up the log file then ftp them down to the dev server. This could run nightly.
3. some third party util, such as FolderShare could transfer the log files
