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3.5.4 Database migration
If you plan to migrate the database, consider performing an initial database
migration to evaluate the time and effort. Database migration can be a simple
task or be even more difficult than the application migration. Several factors will
affect the database migration; some of them are database size, design and
maintenance.
There are several different tools available for the database migration:
The IBM DB2 Migration Toolkit helps you migrate from Oracle (versions 7, 8i
and 9i), Sybase ASE (versions 11 through 12.5), Microsoft SQL Server
(versions 6, 7, and 2000), Informix (IDS v7.3 and v9), and Informix XPS
(limited support) to DB2 UDB V8.1 and DB2 V8.2 on Windows, UNIX ...