Patent ID: 8443084

Claim:
A system for migrating data from a legacy environment installed on a legacy environment and platform, to an upgraded environment installed on a upgraded environment and platform, wherein the legacy environment is not compatible with the upgraded environment and platform, and wherein the upgraded environment is not compatible with the legacy environment and platform, the system comprising: one or more computers; and a computer-readable medium coupled to the one or more computers having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising: establishing an interim environment and platform, modifying an installation process associated with the interim environment to substitute a copy operation for (i) a data conversion operation and (ii) a data re-conversion operation, invoking the modified installation process, thereby copying the data from the legacy environment and platform to the interim environment and platform using the copy operation instead of the converting the data using the data conversion operation and re-converting the data using the data re-conversion operation, and migrating the data from the interim environment and platform to the upgraded environment and platform.