Answer by Grant Fritchey
Any chance of a direct SAN transfer? Connect one to the other & copy the files across. Personally, if you can do that, I'd feel more comfortable, for once, with detach, copy, attach. Yeah, the...
View ArticleAnswer by ThomasRushton
I go along with what @Grant Fritchey said, but would prioritise option 2 (the backup/restore) option over the SAN copy to minimise downtime. Yes, transferring the backup via locally-connected portable...
View ArticleAnswer by Tim
If the two servers can talk to one another then why not just setup log shipping? I have done this hundreds of times for migrations to new servers. If the new server can see TSM then there is no reason...
View ArticleAnswer by Usman Butt
I guess we are overlooking a key feature now a days available so easily i.e. backup compression ;) Seems like the biggest hurdle is the time to copy whether the files OR the full backup (full backup...
View ArticleAnswer by tanglesoft
I would not use the copy option from SSMS in offline / online copy mode it's only automating something that can be done with more control manually and it usually makes a mess of the copy. If you carry...
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