MX Database and Application Migration Guide

Overview

HP NonStop SQL/MP to NonStop SQL/MX Database and Application Migration Guide—666211-001

1-5

Determining Your Business Objectives

Use the information that you gather in Table 1-1 to help you define the best migration

path to meet your business needs. Next, start Assessing Your Current Application and

Database Environment on page 1-6.

Table 1-1. Determining Your Business Objectives

Obtain this information

What type of migration to NonStop

SQL/MX are you considering?

Are you planning to migrate key

applications or create new SQL/MX

applications?

Are you planning to migrate key

database objects or create new

SQL/MX database objects?

Why are you considering migration?

(Higher availability, scalability, total

cost of ownership (TCO), integration

with existing applications)

What would be the benefits of the

migration to the company?

Are there opportunities to serve new

customer markets because of this

migration?

What is the size of the technical staff

assigned to the migration?

What are the skills of the technical

staff assigned to the migration?

What is the program cost for training

the technical staff?

What is the cost of managing the

project?

What is the cost of acquiring new

software or hardware or both?

What is the cost of developing new

applications?

What is the cost and resource

threshold for the migration? (What

would be considered too large an

effort to move forward with the

migration?)