Release Notes

5Migrating a DB2 Version 8 Windows 32-bit database to Windows 64-bit

5This topic lists the steps for migrating your 32-bit DB2 Version 8 5database on a 32-bit computer to a 64-bit database on a 564-bit Windows operating system.

5Prerequisites 5

• 5A 64-bit version of DB2 Version 8 must be installed on your 64-bit 5computer.
• 5Ensure that your 32-bit Windows system is running DB2 Version 8. 5

5Procedure

5To migrate to DB2 Version 8 on Windows 64-bit: 5

1. 5Backup your DB2 Version 8 databases on your 32-bit Windows system.
2. 5Restore your DB2 Version 8 backup (created in step #1) on your 64-bit 5Windows system. 5

5Note:

In addition to migrating DB2 UDB from 32-bit systems to 64-bit systems, the 5following migrations are also possible: 5

• 5Migrating between versions of Windows
• 5Migrating between versions of DB2 UDB
• 5Migrating everything at once
• 5Migrating back to 32-bit 5

5Detailed information is available in the following IBM Redbook: 5Scaling DB2 UDB on Windows Server 2003. This Redbook can be found at 5the following URL:

5http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg247019.html 5