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Migration

Migration

Upgrading your IBM® Db2® as a Service deployment from the Standard/Enterprise Plan to the Performance plan provides improved scalability, enhanced reliability, and a modern management experience. After you initiate the upgrade, the system automatically provisions a new instance and migrates your data with minimal downtime. The system keeps your two instances in sync until you decide to finalize your upgrade.

Any autoscale settings in Standard/Enterprise Plan will need to be recreated in the Performance plan after the migration is complete.

Follow these steps to begin the migration:

  1. Provision your IBM Db2 SaaS resource from the IBM Cloud catalog if you haven't already.

  2. In the IBM Cloud console, navigate to your list of resources and click the instance you want to upgrade.

  3. At the top of the instance page, look for the notification banner that says System upgrade available, on the right-hand side of the banner, click Learn More.

    System upgrade notification banner example
    Example of the upgrade notification banner in the console.

  4. You will be redirected to the Upgrade Db2 Systems page. In the upgrade interface, click Create Instance.

    Upgrade Db2 Systems page example
    Example of the Upgrade Db2 Systems page where you create the new instance.

  5. A popup will show showing the parent formation and the new formation's name. Select the location you'd like your instance to be provisioned in. Click Create to start provisioning your new upgraded environment.

    Create Instance Confirm
    Confirm location and create new instance.

  6. When the new instance has been created, there will be a link to go to the new system to complete the upgrade. Click on Go to new system to complete upgrade

  7. On the new instance page, there will be a header titled Action Required to complete the upgrade. Click the View Details button to see the current status and progress of the migration.

    Migration view details button
    Click View Details button.
    Migration track migration process
    Track migration process.

    The UI is unavailable for the new instance until the upgrade is completed

  8. When the process has completed, click the Complete Upgrade button

    complete upgrade button
    Click complete upgrade button.

  9. There will be a popup to finalize and complete the upgrade.

    • Create a Copy in the Performance Plan for Testing Purposes

      Selecting the Keep the prior system running without synchronization with the new system option will keep the Standard/Enterprise instance running, stop ongoing synchronization with the Performance instance thereby making a copy in the Performance Plan. Both the Standard/Enterprise and Performance instances will be available for connections.

    • Complete Migration to the Performance Plan

    Select Disable the prior system to complete the migration to the Performance instance. This will terminate synchronization, upgrade to v12 and pause the Standard/Enterprise instance. The customer can delete the Standard/Enterprise instance within 2 weeks to avoid charges

    Confirm upgrade button
    Select what to do with source option and complete upgrade

    Keeping both the Standard/Enterprise and Performance plan instances active will result in billing for each environment until the Standard/Enterprise plan instance is deleted.

    If you disable the prior instance, IBM does not charge for that source instance for 14 days. After 14 days, storage charges will begin automatically.

  10. When the migration is complete, your deployment is now available in the Performance plan.