Copy procedure to reduce downtime for a source system

摘要

A system, a method and a computer program product for performing a copy procedure are disclosed. A copy procedure that copies a table in a plurality of tables stored at a source system to a target system is initiated. At least one table in a plurality of tables stored at the source system is selected for copying from the source system to the target system. A trigger table containing at least one trigger is generated. The trigger indicates at least one change made to the at least one selected table. The trigger table is copied from the source system to the target system. The selected table is copied from the source system to the target system. Using the copied trigger table, changes are applied to the table copied to the target system.