Upgrades and Migrations for Microsoft SQL Server - Solutions

Upgrades and Migrations for Microsoft SQL Server

Accelerate your transition to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 with proven best practices.

Descriptive Information

EMC Upgrades and Migrations for Microsoft SQL Server accelerate your transition to SQL Server 2008. With EMC Upgrades and Migrations for Microsoft SQL Server, you’ll leverage proven best practices to lower risks within your database lifecycle—from upgrades to ongoing maintenance. Rely on EMC’s expertise in project management and replication—and our partners’ experience in upgrading and migrating SQL Server environments.

Key Benefits

Consolidation — Simplify your SQL Server environment to improve asset utilization, reduce management costs, and increase uptime.
Automated deployment — Improve ongoing management for SQL Server including backup and recovery, local/remote replication, and archiving.
Accelerated upgrades and migrations — Maximize time to migration, ensuring a fast transition to the newest version of SQL Server.

EMC will help you build your solution with the following products, services, and partners:

TimeFinder/Clone - EMC TimeFinder/Clone creates pointer-based, full-volume clones of EMC Symmetrix DMX volumes for online restores, data warehouse refreshes, backups, and volume migrations.
TimeFinder/Snap - EMC TimeFinder/Snap creates economical, pointer-based, space-saving snapshot copies of EMC Symmetrix DMX storage volumes.