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Release Information

Change Director for SQL Server 2.0

Component

SQL Server Client

SQL Server Database

7.0

2000

2005

7.0

2000

2005

32-bit

32-bit

64-bit
(x64 and Itanium)

32-bit

64-bit (x64 and Itanium)

Change Director for SQL Server

X

X

X

X

X

X


Component

Windows Operating System

XP

2000

2003

32-bit

64-bit
(x64 and Itanium)

32-bit

64-bit (x64 and Itanium)

32-bit

64-bit (x64 and Itanium)

Change Director for SQL Server

X

X

X

X

X

 X

New in Change Director for SQL Server 2.0
 

Granular Object Selection for Compare
  • Version 1.x required a complete schema comparison of source and target database
  • Version 2.0 allows users to optionally select the objects to compare to improve processing time

Additional Comparison Types

  • Compare Snapshot to DDL script
  • Compare Snapshot to Snapshot

Middle-Tier Processing

  • Change Director supports the optional use of one or more middle tiers that can perform database comparisons, generate snapshots, and perform deployments and offload this processing from the client

Data Preservation on Change

  • Change Director can optionally backup data using BCP on changes to tables that would otherwise destroy data in a table (DROP Column, DROP/CREATE Table)
  • Data can then be restored during a rollback

History of Schema Changes

  • Change Director now stores a complete history of all changes to all objects
  • This information can be viewed globally, by Project, or by Object

Updated UI

  • General UI improvements
  • Side-by-side object comparison


Requirements for client system:

Platform32-bit or 64-bit Pentium III (Pentium 4 recommended) or compatible processor
Memory512 MB of RAM minimum.
Hard Disk Space

Minimum 220MB disk space required or full installation: includes up to 95MB of temporary setup files (which are removed automatically at completion of install) and 22MB of setup files.

Download size: 22MB
Install size: 95MB
Disk space required for full installation: 220 MB

For Log Reader, database files extracted from a backup require additional storage space depending on the size of the database.

Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4 or later,

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 1,

Microsoft Windows 2003 - 64-bit Edition,

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2,

Microsoft Windows XP Professional - 64-bit Edition, or

Windows Vista

Additional

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.

Windows PowerShell for Change Director command line interface.

Read and write access permissions on the Change Director Console installation folder.

Requirements for Monitored SQL Server instances:

Platform32-bit or 64-bit Pentium III or compatible processor 
Memory256MB of RAM minimum.
Hard Disk Space

Minimum 4MB download of temporary setup files that can be removed at completion of install.

Additional Free Space of 50MB for Change Tracker database.

Additional Free Space of 100MB for file storage.

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 2000,

Microsoft Windows 2003,

Microsoft Windows 2003, 64-bit Edition,

Microsoft Windows XP Professional,

Microsoft Windows XP Professional, 64-bit Edition, or

Windows Vista

Database SystemsMicrosoft SQL Server 2000 SP3 or SP4, or SQL Server 2005

Additional Software

Read and write access permissions on the Change Tracker installation folder


Release Notes

Date PostedNameVersionFile TypeSize
Jun 10, 2008 Change Director for SQL Server - Release Notes
2.0 /Quest_Site_Assets/PDF/ChangeDirectorForSQLServer_20_ReleaseNotes_3.htm 165.93 KB





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