Migrating the Zerto Database to Microsoft SQL Server

Zerto uses an SQL Server to manage data for scalable business continuity software solutions.

Zerto supports two usages of the SQL Server; either an embedded SQL Server, which is provided free of charge with the Zerto product or, an external SQL Server which is deployed and managed by the customer.

During initial installation, the user can decide which usage of the SQL Server to deploy. The default during installation is the embedded SQL Server database.

When using the embedded SQL Server database, Zerto is limited with the number of resources that can be protected. For details, see Zerto Scale and Benchmarking Guidelines.

After installation, Zerto enables migration from the embedded SQL Server to an external Microsoft SQL Server using the Zerto Database Migration tool. The Zerto Database Migration tool comes bundled with the Zerto Virtual Manager (ZVM). It is located under \Program Files\Zerto\Zerto Virtual Replication\Zerto.Storage.Conversion.

You can migrate data between any supported Microsoft SQL Server, or embedded SQL Server databases (Enterprise/Standard) given their respective product limitations.

This document specifies how to migrate the Zerto database to an external SQL Server.