Re: Syncing databases in different instances

(This doesn't address the error message. See below.) On Fri, 26 Feb 1999 09:49:24 -0600, Mike Kraft <mkraft@bepc.com> wrote: >Informix 7.23 on HP-UX 10.2 > >I have two instances of informix each with a database. >I would like to periodically synchronize the data >between the two databases: > >e.g. trn70@trnshm and dev70@devshm > how do I make dev70 contain a copy of the same > data as trn70. > This sounds like a job for Ifx High Availability Data Replication (HDR) replication to me. HDR is easy to set up, see the Admin Guide for details. This will give you system fault tolerance, which is a Good Thing. Since your data is *always* sync'ed (assuming no downtime), you never again have to go thru the onunload/onload routine. >Previously, I tried onunload trn70 out of trnshm >and a onload -d in4dbs01 dev70 into devshm. > >$ onload -d in4dbs01 dev70>Please mount tape and press Return to continue ... >ISAM error: no such DBspace>Error building TBLspace. >$ > >The user was a dba. Logging was turned off. dev70 was dropped >previously. in4dbs01 exists as confirmed by onstat -d and through >onmonitor. in4dbs01 has enough space. > >Any ideas?