Re: Xfer from Test to Devel

Carlson@WHSmith wrote: > Steve Romankiw wrote: > > > > When we transfer between Test and Development (located on same machine), I > > typically do an DBEXPORT from test followed by an DBIMPORT into > > development. This is a slow process. > > > > Sounds like you're looking for a full dataset. > > > Are other options available? For instance, can I create a onpload image > > of my test environment, unload test, and reload into development using the > > image. > > We've been quite successful in restoring a production level0 archive to > our test system. We have identical logical layouts between systems. > MUCH faster than dbexport/dbimport or unload/load. > > John Carlson > Informix DBA > WH Smith, Inc. I have identical logical layouts for Prod db instance and Test db instance on thesame Unix machine, because they have different instant name I wasn't able to Xfer with ontape and have to use dbimport. Does your systems located on the same machine or on a different machine? Naibin Chen