Re: question on replication

John Adamski said: > Being the defacto DBA here I've been asked the following question by my > management and do not know the answer. Hopefully someone out there in > the real world can help me out. > > The question is: can I have 2 Informix instances running on the same > server and have replication between the 2 instances on this same server. ER or HDR? I *think* both are possible, I seem to recall you need to use relative pathnames for HDR to work. Never tried either one personally, though. > My management wants to know if it is technically possible to do this, > and if so which training would I need to go to to learn how to do this. > Like a lot of management questions, it may not be the smartest thing to > do, they just want to know if it is possible. :-) > > Any help would be welcomed. > > We are currently running on a HP9000 (K360) IDS 7.31.UD6W6 and by the > end of the year be on a HP9000 (rp7410) IDS 9.4.UD3. The plan was to > start using replication and use the old K box as a back up after the > migration and upgrade to 9.4. Sounds like management has other plans. > :-) -- Bye now, Obnoxio "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche "I'm trying to see things your way, but I can't get my head up my ass" - JCH "Ogni uomo mi guarda come se fossi una testa di cazzo" - Marco I went to the airport to check in and they asked what I did because I looked like a terrorist. I said I was a comedian. They said, "Say something funny then." I told them I had just graduated from flying school. -- Ahmed Ahmed sending to informix-list