move a TFS project from a 2008 server to a new 2010 server?

Question

Hi,
  I thought there was a way as part of the migration strategy to set up net new hardware on 2010 and then import a project from the 2008 machine to the 2010 machine.  Am I mistaken or is this possible?

Answer 1

You can use tfsconfig import to pull in a TFS 2008 server into a 2010 collection. 

go to programfiles\tfs2010\tools and run tfsconfig help import

Basically, you point to the sql instance where your 2008 dbs are.  The import command will fold them together into one 2010 collection db.  That means the process is destructive so make sure you back up those dbs.  It's best to back them up, restore them to a SQL 2008 instance (your 2010 target sql instance) and then run import against those.

hope that helps.

let me know if you have any issues.

Bryan

Answer 2

Yikes... ok, I'll tinker and give it a chance.  I didn't know it would be an all or nothing deal.