Patent Document ID: 9053101
Application ID: 13719888

Base Claim:
1. A method of converting a first version of a database to a third version, including: selecting, using a processor, a translation path from a plurality of translation paths based on either a shortest path or a first path found, each translation path proceeding from the first version of the database to the third version of the database via a second version of the database; and traversing, using the processor, the selected translation path comprising: converting the first version of the database to the second version of the database; and converting the second version of the database to the third version of the database, wherein the database is part of a cluster including a plurality of databases; wherein in the event that the database fails at being upgraded, another database of the cluster is available to be upgraded from the first version to the third version; wherein in the event that each database of the cluster fails to be upgraded from the first version to the third version, a determination is made that the cluster is unable to be upgraded; wherein each of the first version of the database, the third version of the database, and the second version of the database is associated with a fully migrated version of the database; wherein for each translation path, the first version of the database, the second version of the database, and the third version of the database are different from each other; and wherein for each translation path, the second version of the database is different from the second version of the database of another translation path.

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Claim 14:
14. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the translation paths includes at least four different versions of the database and at least three conversions to convert the database from the first version to the third version.