

Move In this method the wizard automatically deletes the source database after moving the database to destination.Copy Will copy the db to the destination server and the database will be online in both the servers.Once the movement method chosen you can select the databases from the source server and you need to specify whether its move or copy.This will create the db in the destination server with the same name and copy all the datas from source SMO Slower method, db will be in online state.Users will be disconnected and physical files of the db will be copied to the destination server Detach Attach Faster methods, requires db to be offline.Once source & destination server details given, you need to select the way by which you are going to copy move the database.

Copy paste wizard update#
Note: The Server from which you are running CDW should be patched with minimum SQL Server SP2 (better update with latest SP) for Copy Database Wizard (CDW) to work properly
Copy paste wizard upgrade#
Upgrade databases from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005.Transfer databases between different instances of SQL Server 2005.Transfer a database by the faster detach-and-attach method with the database unavailable during the transfer.Transfer a database when the database is still available to users by using the SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) method.You can make use of this feature to copy move databases between different instances of SQL Server. Copy Database Wizard is a new feature from SQL Server 2005 onwards.
