Re: Completely new to Agile Dev principles, and it sure feels like I'm in over my head right now...

Nancy, 

 I wasn't suggesting it wasn't viable for a DB migration, more speaking to the fact that this is a pretty massive migration and, when I was handed the "keys" to this clunker, a 6-month sprint plan (26 two-week sprints) was handed to me with expected deliverables for each sprint.  
 

 My understanding is that large-scale projects like this are not good candidates for Agile principles, and definitely that planning them out this far in advance is a terrible idea according to Agile methodologies.
 

 To the rest of you, thank you, some good thoughts here.  Working remotely leaves me feeling pretty isolated on the whole situation, because I have to wait for people to respond and/or be available to communicate, then I have to hope (again, language/cultural barriers) they are understanding what I'm trying to tell them.