Re: Ontape Restore Merging Servers

Gary Andrus wrote: > Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UD2 > uname -srv : AIX 2 5 > > I've been asked to assist with a server migration from machines A and B > to machine C. > > Machine A has IDS server A. Machine B has IDS server B. > > Machine C will have IDS server A. This new server A is supposed to > have the combined data from original server A and original server B. > > I have discovered that the original plan was to restore Machine A, > Server A to Machine C, Server A followed by a merge of the Server B > information via ontape restore. > > The initial restore of Server A to Machine C has been successfully > completed. The next step that was attempted was an ontape -r -D > <DbSpaceList> which has not been successful. I didn't think this would > work and have suggested a dbexport/dbimport of the necessary data from > server B. > > I can't find any other cases like this in CDI in my searches this > morning, nor have I found it in the documentation. > > Can the two servers be merged together with ontape (or onbar)? > Is dbexport/dbimport the logical choice to perform this action? Simply? No. Two choices really, 1 - unload/dbexport followed by reload/dbimport, or the equivalent, both servers -or- 2 - ontape restore one then dbexport & dbimport the other. Art S. Kagel