backup and restore
Tom Lehr tried restoring a level 0 backup from AIX 6.1 onto Linux x86 with Informix 11.50.FC7 and got a physical restore failure. Art Kagel said restores work only on the same hardware, OS and Informix version, except HPUX PA-RISC and Itanium. Superboer restored 11.10.FC3X to 11.10.UC3 despite a warning; Art said those are essentially the same version and 32 vs 64 bit does not matter.
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hello all we have a level 0 backup to disk from AIX 6.1 and were looking to restore on a Linux x86 (red hat) server, infromix version 11.50.FC7. error comes up as "Physical restore failed - function read archive backup failed code -1 errno 0" can this be accomplished between the two different OS's? or is it a no go like trying to restore a UNIX backup onto a windows system restore? thanks
No. You can only restore on the same hardware, OS, and Informix version under which the archive was made. The ONLY exception is HPUX servers are cross compatible between the PA-RISC and Intel Itanium releases if the Informix version is the same. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Tom Lehr <tomcaml@gmail.com> wrote: > hello all > > we have a level 0 backup to disk from AIX 6.1 and were looking to > restore on a Linux x86 (red hat) server, infromix version 11.50.FC7. > > error comes up as "Physical restore failed - function read archive > backup failed code -1 errno 0" > > can this be accomplished between the two different OS's? > or is it a no go like trying to restore a UNIX backup onto a windows > system restore? > > > thanks > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list >
thought so - Thanks!
Hello Art, at the moment i work with 11.10.FC3Xsomething on suse linux and with 11.10.UC3 on Suse. i can restore stuff from 11.10.FC3Xsomething to 11.10.C3... it does nag that it is not supported....it restores happyly!! i must admit i was baffled... Superboer On 14 sep, 22:15, Art Kagel <art.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: > No. You can only restore on the same hardware, OS, and Informix version > under which the archive was made. The ONLY exception is HPUX servers are > cross compatible between the PA-RISC and Intel Itanium releases if the > Informix version is the same. > > Art > > Art S. Kagel > Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) > Blog:http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ > > Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and > do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other > organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by > inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals > affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the > entities themselves. > > On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Tom Lehr <tomc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > hello all > > > we have a level 0 backup to disk from AIX 6.1 and were looking to > > restore on a Linux x86 (red hat) server, infromix version 11.50.FC7. > > > error comes up as "Physical restore failed - function read archive > > backup failed code -1 errno 0" > > > can this be accomplished between the two different OS's? > > or is it a no go like trying to restore a UNIX backup onto a windows > > system restore? > > > thanks > > _______________________________________________ > > Informix-list mailing list > > Informix-l...@iiug.org > >http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list
You can do that because .FC3Xxx and .UC3 are essentially the same version. 32bit versus 64bit doesn't seem to matter, the disk structures are identical. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Superboer <superboer7@t-online.de> wrote: > Hello Art, > > at the moment i work with 11.10.FC3Xsomething on suse linux and > with 11.10.UC3 on Suse. > > i can restore stuff from 11.10.FC3Xsomething to 11.10.C3... > it does nag that it is not supported....it restores happyly!! > > i must admit i was baffled... > > > Superboer > > > > On 14 sep, 22:15, Art Kagel <art.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: > > No. You can only restore on the same hardware, OS, and Informix version > > under which the archive was made. The ONLY exception is HPUX servers are > > cross compatible between the PA-RISC and Intel Itanium releases if the > > Informix version is the same. > > > > Art > > > > Art S. Kagel > > Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) > > Blog:http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ > > > > Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions > and > > do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any > other > > organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or > by > > inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals > > affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the > > entities themselves. > > > > On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Tom Lehr <tomc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > hello all > > > > > we have a level 0 backup to disk from AIX 6.1 and were looking to > > > restore on a Linux x86 (red hat) server, infromix version 11.50.FC7. > > > > > error comes up as "Physical restore failed - function read archive > > > backup failed code -1 errno 0" > > > > > can this be accomplished between the two different OS's? > > > or is it a no go like trying to restore a UNIX backup onto a windows > > > system restore? > > > > > thanks > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Informix-list mailing list > > > Informix-l...@iiug.org > > >http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list >