Using bcp to Migrate Data

If you use DDL scripts to create devices, databases, tables, rules, stored procedures, triggers, and views, you can use bcp to migrate data from a 32-bit Adaptive Server to a 64-bit Adaptive Server.

If you:
  • Do not have DDL scripts, use the ddlgen utility to re-create the schema for the Adaptive Server you are about to migrate. See the Utility Guide.
  • Have DDL scripts to create devices, databases, tables, rules, stored procedures, triggers, and views, you can use bcp to move data out of the old database and into the new.
  1. In the 32-bit Adaptive Server, run dbcc checks (checkdb, checkalloc, checkcatalog, and checkstorage) on all databases in the 32-bit Adaptive Server to ensure they are error free.
  2. Use bcp to extract all the data from all the tables in the databases.
  3. Create a new 64-bit Adaptive Server in a new directory.
  4. Create devices, databases, and tables.
  5. Use bcp to bulk copy data into tables.
  6. Re-create all views, triggers, and stored procedures.
  7. Run dbcc checks on the 64-bit Adaptive Server server and make sure they run cleanly.
Parent topic: Migrate