Story of a Unity Catalog Migration - Using UCX at 7-Eleven to Reorient a Complex UC Migration
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Learn how to navigate complex Unity Catalog (UC) migrations using UCX, Databricks Labs' UC Migration Assistant, through a detailed case study of 7-Eleven's migration journey. Discover the challenges enterprises face when migrating to Unity Catalog, particularly those with over five years of Databricks usage, including cloud infrastructure changes, code anti-patterns, and data sprawl complications. Explore how UCX assessments and workflows can help characterize existing environments and develop tenable migration approaches. Understand why there are no shortcuts to successful UC migrations and gain insights into planning and executing complex enterprise-scale Unity Catalog implementations. Examine real-world strategies for reorienting migration approaches when initial plans encounter obstacles, and learn from the experiences of 7-Eleven's architecture and governance team in their UC migration process.
Syllabus
Story of a Unity Catalog (UC) Migration: Using UCX at 7-Eleven to Reorient a Complex UC Migration
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