Re: How to move Online5 system to another disk

Richard Spitz wrote: > > Dear fellow Informixers, > > our database server got a couple of new harddisks, and I'd like to move > the complete Online system over to the new disks, so I can re-use the > old ones in another machine. > > I have Online 5.07.UC1, running under SINIX 5.43C10. > > How is it possible to move the complete Online system to the new disks? > They are bigger than the old ones, so I'm afraid I cannot just do a > restore of a level 0 archive. The raw device used by Informix is a > symbolic link, maybe that helps. > > Regards, Richard > -- The fact that the new disks are bigger shouldn't stop you. Take a level 0 archive, drop the links, re-establish them to slices on the new disks and restore. (I suspect you could probably just use dd to move the data, but I wouldn't, just in case). But if you don't want to do this, use tbunload to unlaod your databases, scrap your instance, re-establish it on the new disks and tbload. Neil Truby Chase Manhattan Bank Bournemouth, UK neil.truby@chase.com