Re: HP-UX to SCO

Hi, dbexport/dbimport is not only "preferred" - in this case it is quite "mandatory". Keep in mind that between the HP-UX box and the SCO box you have byte swapping (big endian vs little endian). Regards, Martin -- Martin Fuerderer IBM Informix Development Munich, Germany Information Management owner-informix-list@iiug.org wrote on 25.08.2005 19:41:41: > Mark wrote: > > We need to move an Informix Database (Standard Engine) that currently > > resides on a box with HP-UX as the operating system to one with SCO > > Openserver 5.0.7. > > > > I dumped the database directory to a tape and then copied it onto the new > > machine but when I try to access it I get a "database not found or no system > > permission" error. > > > > All the permissions are fine and all the tables are present and correct. > > > > Does anyone have any idea as to what I'm missing? Is it that the 2 OS's have > > done something different with the tables and there's a compatibility issue? > > > > Would I be better using the DBEXPORT/DBIMPORT utilities and not specifying > > the -ss option? > > > > Any ideas would be gratefully received > > Clegg > > > Hi, > > dbexport/dbimport is always preferred. It is Standard Engine, so -ss > option should not be used. > Make sure you have DBDATE set exactly the same on both machines, or > unset it before export and before import. > > HTH > > Michael sending to informix-list