porting a database to another machine

I know that this subject has just been discussed in this group, but when I read the thread I thought "That's interesting, but I'll never need to know about it." Well, I was wrong! What is the best way to move a DATABASE from one machine to another? Can it be ported from a backup tape??? email would be the best reply to save bandwidth spw@ccd.harris.com -OR- harris.swallick@ic1d.harris.com (that is ...@IC1D... ) Thanks in advance Steve. Subject: moving databases from 1 machine to another Organization: Harris Controls and Compositions I know that this subject has just been discussed in this group, but when I read the thread I thought "That's interesting, but I'll never need to know about it." Well, I was wrong! What is the best way to move a DATABASE from one machine to another? Can it be ported from a backup tape??? email would be the best reply to save bandwidth spw@ccd.harris.com -OR- harris.swallick@ic1d.harris.com (that is ...@IC1D... ) Thanks in advance Steve.