1.1.6 Problems that may arise in data migration

Question 1

what is data migration?

Answer 1

refers to the transfer of data between different formats, storage types, and computer systems

Question 2

how does data migration take place?

Answer 2

takes place in an automatic manner to achieve efficient use of human resources

Question 3

When does data migration happen?

Answer 3

when an organization changes, upgrades, or merges its information systems.

Question 4

What problems may arise when transferring data from one system to another?

Answer 4

incapability of moving the information due to incompatibility between new systems or non recognizable data structures. data may be lost or not transferred due to an incomplete data transfer or errors during the process. data can also be misinterpreted due to incompatibilities, caused by the different conventions of each country concerning date, time and measurement units

Question 5

what is the process of data migration?

Answer 5

plan, migrate, validate

Question 6

what does the stage of plan in data migration mean?

Answer 6

also includes determining the requirements of the migration.

Question 7

what does the stage of migrate mean in data migration?

Answer 7

IT department will need to communicate their plans, obtain and install and configure any necessary software and hardware and proceed to the data migration

Question 8

what does the stage of validate in data migration mean?

Answer 8

Make tests to validate the data post migration. these tests will check that the data is in the same state after the migration as it was before