migrate data from TFS 2008 to an already working TFS 2012

Question

I read everything about the upgrade process from TFS 2008 to 2012.

but my situation is a bit diffrent. I need to move data from tfs 2008 (sqlserver 2003) to tfs 2012

Answer 1

After trying everything (without touching the real Data) I succeeded.

I decided to split the upgrade process to two 2008-2010 and 2010-2012.

1. I copied the 2008 TFS db's to the neNew SQLSERVER which is being used by the TFS 2012
2. I added another VM with TFS 2010
3. I run from TFS 2010 the upgrade wizard which identify the 2008 copied db's
4. The result was a new collection attached to TFS 2010
5. I detached the collection On the TFS 2012
6. I run attach collection (the TFS 2010 one) and this upgraded the collection.

The process worked smothly.

Thanks all for the Help

Erez.h

Answer 2

You can use TFS integration platform for that. It will migrate all the files and history. If you have TFS work items you can migrate those as well(if you use the same Project template on the 2012 server as well)

Two minor points you need to know:

1) After the migration, history will have the Datetime of when you migrate but you can see the actual Datetime in the comments.

2) It will also add an extra text to your comments saying you migrated using the integration platform.

http://tfsintegration.codeplex.com