The WindowsInternalDatabaseMigration rule in Pre-Upgrade Checker in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 warns you about databases that are larger than or close to 4 gigabytes (GB)

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INTRODUCTION

The WindowsInternalDatabaseMigration rule in Pre-Upgrade Checker in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 warns you about the databases in a farm that are hosted on the Windows Internal Database that are larger than or close to 4 gigabytes (GB).

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MORE INFORMATION

When the databases in a farm that are hosted on the Windows Internal Database are larger than or close to 4 gigabytes (GB), the WindowsInternalDatabaseMigration rule displays a warning message that resembles the following:

The following databases are hosted on Windows Internal Database and are larger than or close to 4 GB in size and will require additional administrator intervention to upgrade:
For each database
Database Name

The large size of a database can prevent it from being upgraded. When you receive the warning message, you must move the site collection to a different database or to a new database to reduce the effective size of each database. Alternatively, you can move or migrate each database to a different SQL instance before upgrading.

Note Pre-Upgrade Checker ships in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2. Pre-Upgrade Checker is used to assess the server for potential upgrade issues when you are preparing to upgrade to the next version release of Windows SharePoint Services and of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

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REFERENCES

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

960577 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960577/ ) List of all Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Server Pre-Upgrade Checker knowledge base articles

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