Re: rootspace NIGHTMARE

Bill Hamilton wrote: > When I copied the rootspace to another drive and pointed the ONCONFIG at it, > and restarted the IDS all works fine except: > 1. oncheck says it cannot find the space. > 2. onstat -d shows the wrong location. > 3. ontape -r fails with a message that it cannot find the rootspace > > where is IDS storing the bad info? > > #3 is the most deadly. > I had to restore from backup today and solved it by copying the root space > to its old location. > > This is the third time I have asked this question. > I cannot believe that nobody has moved spaces before. > The install does not let me specify space info, so I just create new big > ones > on other drives and then copy the root where I want it and modify ONCONFIG. > If that is not the correct procedure, I want to know. > Thanks, > Bill > > sending to informix-list Err ... Platform (I assume windows) and version ??? If Unix then symbolic links would have been the way to go. In later versions you can move chunks on the restore ... but I don't know your version. This is not the "supported" way of moving your rootspace :)