On 12/04/2018 9:47 AM, tango ward wrote:
Hi Mike,
Thanks for the advice.
May I ask as well, on Django side, since we have already an existing
system, how should I adjust the fields that are existing from the dump
file to the Django? Should I just add fields in models.py?
Treat that as a separate task. You can do it before the migration or
after. I would preferdo it afterwards because I am more comfortable with
Postgres. And I suspect Postgres will be a better fit with Django.
However, I'm not sure what you mean exactly by adjusting fields. Your
last question above indicates you want to change the schema in an
existing Django project. You need to consider when the fields need to be
changed in the context of real-world pressures from your production
system users. It might need to be sooner rather than later and that may
force adjustments prior to the move to Postgres.
If there are problems with the existing MySQL system it would be best to
fix them before switching.
The bottom line is that preparations and testing for the move has to
happen in parallel with ongoing support and maintenance and possibly
ongoing development of the production system. When you are ready to
switch and happy that it will go like clockwork the actual switch can be
scheduled as a definable task in the ongoing workflow. All developers
will have to switch at the same time - or prior if they can have access
to your completed scripts for their personal development databases.
hth
Mike
On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 6:42 AM, Mike Dewhirst <mi...@dewhirst.com.au
<mailto:mi...@dewhirst.com.au>> wrote:
On 11/04/2018 11:40 PM, tango ward wrote:
Hi there,
This will be my first time to migrate a database in my first
programming job. I checked the dump file today and load it in
MySQL benchmark to view the ERD. The database that I need to
migrate has 48 tables and has existing data already.
I would like to know what are the things that I need to do
first. I'm gonna test the migration first in my local machine
before bringing it to live production. I am currently reading
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Converting_from_other_Databases_to_PostgreSQL
<https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Converting_from_other_Databases_to_PostgreSQL>.
Any suggestions will be highly appreciated.
1. Do the migration locally
2. Devise some repeatable automated success tests to prove the
migration works
3. Set up a new VM as an exact duplicate production machine
running MySQL. Use your hosts file to put its IP address somewhere
else than the DNS points to. Beware that ACLs often use IP
addresses rather than host names.
4. Do the migrations and run the tests on the duplicate machine.
Debug as necessary.
5. Announce to users that the system is going down for planned
maintenance
6. Remove your hosts file adjustment so your system is back to
looking at the real production machine
7. Take production off-line and do a pre-migration dump or backup
from which you can restore if things go wrong
8. Do the migration, run the tests then restore service
I have done such things in the distant past but not recently. I
may have forgotten something but in my opinion items 5 and 7 above
are super critical.
Good luck
Mike
Thanks,
J
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