
The built-in wizard to migrate DTS packages is approximately 40%
successful and does not allow you to enjoy the benefits and best
practices of SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS). DTS
xChange is a product to help you migrate from SQL Server 2000 DTS to
SQL Server 2005 or 2008 SSIS. It does this by applying a series of
rules and best practices to your old DTS packages as it migrates the
packages. The product was engineered to migrate thousands of
packages with little intervention. DTS xChange is broken into three
components: profiling, migration, and enterprise logging.
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Information about DTS xChange
Pragmatic Works offers you upgrades on the DTS xChange for free
for life for the fixed purchase and a year of support on the
product.
- Per Developer License ($4,995) - Includes
unlimited package conversions using proven SSIS rules from a
single developer machine and site. Also includes the DTS
Profiler and the Enterprise Logging features. Includes lifetime
upgrades and 1 year of support.
- Custom Licensing Options Available
- Contact
info@pragmaticworks.com to customize a broader licensing
package for you.
- Allows
up to
10 packages (2 per run) to be migrated and
profiling of unlimited packages.
DTS Migration Assistance
Pragmatic Works has experts that specialize in DTS migration to
SSIS to help your team by mentoring them through the process of
migrating packages to SSIS. Our principal SSIS mentor, Brian Knight,
has written three books on SSIS and countless articles and blog
posts. We also have teams of people that are equipped to complete
the migration for you with minimal resources needed on your side.
Mentoring
Mentoring is a blend of classic training and project work. The
process is a fluid project-driven process where the mentor works
with up to 6 people in a personal manner to bring your team up to
speed on SSIS and DTS migration. Typically a mentoring project is
less than a month in duration and has a stated deliverable going
into the engagement.
Please contact
info@pragmaticworks.com for more information about DTS migration
or Business Intelligence mentoring.
Pricing
BI Mentors use our most senior, principal staff and these
individuals are published authors and professional instructors among
consultants.
- Sr. BI Mentor - $175 / hr
* Travel and expenses are additional and would not be
required for remote work.
Complete Migration Solution
You can trust in the experts to do the heavy DTS migration
lifting for you. We've migrated tens of thousands of packages over a
period of years and our consultants have seen countless scenarios.
Armed with the assistance of our flagship product, DTS xChange,
migrations take a fraction of the time and you'll be using the full
features of SSIS and you will be on sure footing going forward. Most
of the migration time is taken up by converting the tasks that will
be deprecated in future releases of SQL Server (ActiveX Script Tasks
for example). Please contact us at
info@pragmaticworks.com
for more information.
Pricing
Most projects can use a blend of each of the following resources
based on the size of the project:
- Sr. BI Consultant
- BI Consultant
- Offshore BI. Consultants
- Fixed per package pricing also available.
Migration Methodology
- Profile Stage (1 day effort of Sr. BI
Consultant) - To build a statement of work and to see the level
of effort, Pragmatic Works will profile your DTS packages to
determine what types of packages you have in your environment.
Deliverables from this stage include:
- DTS Profile Report - Shows the
distribution of your what types of tasks and providers
you're using and the amount of hours and cost to convert.
- Statement of Work - A small agreement
between Pragmatic Works and your company that outlines the
estimate of hours for the migration and is required to move
forward to the next stage.
- Migration Stage (variable level of effort)
- We use DTS xChange to migrate the packages for you and we test
and complete the migration of the packages that may not have
been appropriate in SSIS such as ActiveX Script Tasks.
Deliverables from this stage include:
- SSIS packages - Fully migrated packages
ready for testing by the owner of the package. We do testing
in the development environment but final approval of the
package must come from package owner.
- Logging repository, warehouse, OLAP cube and
reports - Shows the operations data for your
package execution.
- Validation Stage - We typically spend an
hour for basic unit testing of each package. Deliverables from
this stage include:
- Sharepoint Site for testing effort -
This site is optionally created for the project or we can
follow whatever formal testing standard that you wish.
- Migration process documentation -
Documentation that outlines how to migrate the packages
seamlessly to production from development and an install
package to make it painless.
- Signoff process - Each package must be
approved by the package owner before preparing for the next
environment.

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