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TFS Management: Import Existing TFS 2008 Database to TFS 2010 beta 2

November 16th, 2009
by Olga Belokurskaya

Hey!

I’ve lately stumbled upon a blog post where a TFS 2010 user claimed issue with importing existing TFS 2008 database to TFS 2010 beta 2. Fortunately, he found the way out. So, I think the information could help if someone has just the same issue. TFS is a huge system and TFS management is something that may seem complex. I mean, it’s great that people share their experience in coping with difficulties.

So the issue occurred when the guy was utilizing “tfsconfig import” command and was going to execute the tfsconfig tool. He got the picture like one below:

The way he solved the issue comprised next steps:

    Backup old TFS server databases, then restore them using the same SQL instance as used TFS 2010.

    Then he utilized the next command:

      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010\Tools>tfsconfig import /sqlinstance:TFS2010 /collectionname:ImportCollection (the name of the collection may be any you want, actually)

When the import is done you should see something like this:

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