Showing posts with label Migration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Migration. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Steps to Migrate MS Access 2007 Database to SQL Server 2008 using Upsizing Wizzard

-          Install SQL server 2008 on the database server with the default settings.
-          Check if installed correctly by using SQL Server Management Tools.
-          Open SQL Server Configuration Manager, and go to SQL Server Network Configuration, click on Protocol for MSSQLSERVER and enable TCP/IP protocol. Check IP address with port 1433 (default port for SQL server).
-          Open SQL Server Management tools and connect to the server.
-          Right click server name and click properties.
-          Go to Security tap and enable SQL Server and Windows Authentication Mode found on the right pane. Click ok
-          Still on the SQL Server Management tools open Security-Logins at the left pane.
-          Right click Logins and click add new Login.
-          Type Login Name: wie_admin.
-          Chose SQL Server Authentication and type password for it.
-          Uncheck enforce password policy and click ok.
-          Open Logins and right click the user you have just created (wie_admin) and chose properties.
-          Go to Roles and check the following roles for this user: Dbcreator, public, serveradmin, and sysadmin.
-          Be sure that you enable telenet client service on the server.
-          Test the telenet on the server locally by write command:
telnet 10.242.25.231 1433.
-          If telnet connection is successful then you are now able to connect to the SQL server from any device.
-          On the Web server create new txt file on the desktop and rename it to SQL_TestConnection.Udl.
-          Right click the udl file and click properties.
-          On the connection tab, enter the server IP, chose enter specific username and password, select master database and click test connection.
-          If the connection is successful then you are now able to connect to the SQL server from remote server.
-          Now it’s time to migrate the Access Database to the SQL server.
-          Open the mdb access file using MS Access 2007.
-          Go to Database tools pane and click SQL server.
-          Chose create new Database, and click next.
-          Enter the IP of the server and remove check from Trusted Connection so that you can enter the SQL authentication username and password (wie_admin), click next.
-          Chose the tables you want to migrate, click next.
-          Keep the default selection on how you want to transfer your tables and data, but change the timestamp settings to NEVER, click next.
-          Chose No programs needed and click next then finish.
Process will start and you can progress how tables are transferred.