Patent ID: 9519663
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method of managing an in-place database migration upgrade, comprising: configuring a target database on a computing appliance that is communicably coupled with a distributed computing environment that comprises a source database, the source database comprising a plurality of productive database tables and a plurality of non-productive database tables; determining a distribution of database tables to migrate to the target database, the distribution comprising at least a portion of the plurality of productive and non-productive database tables from the source database and at least one new database table of a database upgrade; providing one or more configurations of a shadow database that comprises one of a fixed database or a clone of the source database; calculating a plurality of SQL statements that identify an adjustment of the portion of the plurality of productive and non-productive database tables; implementing the calculation of the plurality of SQL statements in the source database for execution in the target database; based on the implementation, performing: pointing a productive system of the distributed computing environment to the target database.