Patent ID: 8204857
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a request to analyze how upgrading a preexisting database system to another version of the preexisting database system will affect components of the preexisting database system, the request identifying the preexisting database system and the other version of the preexisting database system; identifying by a first computing device the components of the preexisting database system by analyzing configuration information for the preexisting database system, the configuration information for the preexisting database system being analyzed while the preexisting database system is operational, wherein the components of the preexisting database system comprise tables, fields, data types, indices, data elements, and attributes of the preexisting database system; identifying by the first computing device components of the other version of the preexisting database system by analyzing configuration information for other version of the preexisting database system, wherein the components of the other version of the preexisting database system comprise tables, fields, data types, indices, data elements, and attributes of the other version of the preexisting database system; determining by the first computing device changes to the components of the preexisting database system that upgrading from the preexisting database system to the other version of the database system will cause based upon a comparison of the identified components of the preexisting database system and the identified components of the other version of the preexisting database system; generating a report indicating the determined changes; and presenting the generated report.