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Post-Migration Steps

After successfully migrating and validating your Nodinite databases, complete these important final steps.

Documentation and Communication

  • Make sure to update any existing documentation and inform key stakeholders about the outcome of your move operation

Backup Strategies

  • Make sure to backup the databases in the new SQL environment
  • Establish a regular backup schedule matching your business continuity requirements
  • Test backup and restore procedures before resuming normal operations

Monitoring Setup

Add SQL Monitoring of new SQL Instance(s) using the Nodinite Database Monitoring Agent.

Configure alerts for:

  • Database growth
  • Free disk space
  • Connection count
  • Query performance

Decommission Old SQL Server

Full Decommissioning

If the old SQL Server instances are no longer needed:

  • Decommission the old SQL Server instances (if they are not in use for other purposes)
  • Remove any accounts created for Nodinite that are no longer needed
  • Remove Linked Servers that are no longer required
  • Archive or destroy database backups according to your retention policy

Partial Decommissioning

If other services continue to use the old SQL Server environment:

  • Remove the Nodinite accounts that are no longer needed
  • Remove Nodinite-specific Linked Servers
  • Ensure no other services depend on these resources before removal

Data Cleanup

If you performed a copy (not move) operation:

  • The data and log files might now be removed from the old SQL Server environment since they are no longer required
  • Verify all data has been successfully migrated before deletion

Performance Tuning

Review the Post Installation Steps guide for optimization recommendations specific to your deployment:

  • Index optimization
  • Query performance tuning
  • Statistics updates
  • Log file maintenance

Next Step

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