Re: versions and instances and platforms

From: nguffey@my-deja.com > >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, no, no -- you install each product and depending on "who" you login as, you set up the environment. You login as informix and have a menu in your .profile where you set up which environment you want. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com