Re: versions and instances and platforms

In article <7r8h5i$f24$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, nguffey@my-deja.com () wrote: > In article <7r57mh$23t$1@news.xmission.com>, > "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > From: nguffey@my-deja.com > > > > > >I have read some of the postings debating the pros and cons of > multiple > > >instances on one machine. I have a few more questions/issues. Is it > > >relatively easy to run multiple instances of multiple versions > (7.3,8.x > > >and/or 9.x) all on one machine? How does that work with INFORMIXDIR > as > > >well as with the administration tools? Ours is not a resource > > You install in different directories. > > But there is only one INFORMIXDIR, correct? So how can you run the > different instances/tools from different directories at the same time? > No you have one INFORMIXDIR etc per Online version. Eg /usr/informix720, /usr/informix730, and /usr/informix900. Set your environment up correctly to use these and issue oninit in both and you have three running instance, each of a different version Paul Watson # I don't suffer from WF Software Ltd. # stress, I'm just Tel. (+44) 1436 674729 # a carrier Fax. (+44) 1436 678693 # www.wfsoftware.com