Prerequisites:
- Install SQL Express (steps below)
- (optional) Install SQL Server Management Studio(SMSS)
- Install Export SQLCe tool
SQL EXPRESS 2019 installation
- Download the installer for your system: SQL Express
- Start CUSTOM installation
- Choose: New SQL Server stand-alone installation or add features to an existing installation
- (optional) - do not install Machine Learning Services
- Named instance: TFS4JIRA
- Collation: SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
- Authentication mode: Mixed mode
- SA password: <password>
- please setup a custom, strong password
- some Windows systems via Group Policy require strong passwords
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Export SQL CE database into an .sql script (schema and data)
- Download Export SQLCe tool (unzip to find .exe file)
Run the following command in the directory where you have downloaded Export SQLCe tool (remember to start terminal as the Administrator):
Code Block language actionscript3 theme RDark ExportSqlCe40.exe "Data Source=C:\<tfs4jira synchronizer installation directory>\App_Data\config.sdf;Max Database Size=4000;" Synchronizer_SQLCE_DB.sql
Info When the resulting script size exceeds 18,528 KB, ExportSqlCe40.exe tool automatically breaks down the output files into chunks with index numbers. Check the table below for the expected output and run time:
config.sdf file size
# of chunks / .sql file count
Total size of .sql scripts
Data migration duration
787 MB
75
1.31 GB
~1.5 hour
1.53 GB
149
2.62 GB
~2.5 hour
3.05 GB
298
5.25 GB
~5 hours
- outcome example
- (optional) open generated file using SSMS and make sure that file is not empty, you should see SQL commands creating schema and adding data in file.
Create new DB in SQLExpress
- download script file: DB_creation.sql
in folder containing above script please create a BAT file or run command:
Code Block language actionscript3 theme RDark sqlcmd -S localhost\tfs4jira -d MASTER -i DB_creation.sql -E -e > DB_creation.txt
- DB_creation.txt will be created with same folder with script result, example entry:
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In directory where you have exported SQL CE Database content to (location of Synchronizer_SQLCE_DB.sql file), execute the following command:
Code Block language actionscript3 theme RDark sqlcmd -S localhost\TFS4JIRA -d TFS4JIRA -i Synchronizer_SQLCE_DB.sql -E -e -x > DB_migration.txt
Result in DB_migration.txt
Infowarning In order to import all the chunks in to SQL express database with single command please run below. Note that all chunks are placed in the EXPORT folder in this example
for /f %%f in ('dir /b .\EXPORT') do sqlcmd -S localhost\tfs4jira -d TFS4JIRA -i .\EXPORT%%f -E -b -e -x > DB_migration_%%f.txt
-b : on error batch abort - process will stop on error
-e : echo input
-x : disable variable substitution
Update migrations history
- Downlod SQL script: Update_migrations_history_for_SQL_Express.sql
Execute above sccript on SQL Express database, either by using the command below or by opening this file using SSMS and executing it there (run the command from the script location):
Code Block language actionscript3 theme RDark sqlcmd -S localhost\TFS4JIRA -d TFS4JIRA -i Update_migrations_history_for_SQL_Express.sql -E -e > DB_migration_history.txt
Result in DB_migration_history.txt
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NOTE 1 - Export SQL CE database
When the resulting script size exceeds 18,528 KB, ExportSqlCe40.exe automatically breaks down the output files into chunks with index numbers.
It takes approximately 1 min to run one chunk with sqlcmd.exe (mainly because each data point is in a separate batch). It takes 90 sec to generate all the sql scripts for a 3 GB db.
So, with a 3GB db, the data migration itself would take 298 + 1 min ~ 5 hours
NOTE 2
In order to import all the chunks in to SQL express database with single command please run below. Note that all chunks are placed in the EXPORT folder in this example
for /f %%f in ('dir /b .\EXPORT') do sqlcmd -S localhost\tfs4jira -d TFS4JIRA -i .\EXPORT%%f -E -b -e -x > DB_migration_%%f.txt
-b : on error batch abort - process will stop on error
-e : echo input
-x : disable variable substitution