RE: Windows 2 Unix Level 0 Restore

Dhaya No chance ! You can't restore the same version on IDS across differing flavours of Unix, nor restore a database to a different version of IDS on the same Unix so what you are attempting is a total non-starter. Dbexport/DbImport will work as will multiple ' select from "remote win server" insert into "local table" ' in dbaccess on the unix box. Glad to see you are opting for a sensible O/S :-)) Keith -> -----Original Message----- -> From: dhaya.snidhi@gmail.com [mailto:dhaya.snidhi@gmail.com] -> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 8:09 AM -> To: informix-list@iiug.org -> Subject: Windows 2 Unix Level 0 Restore -> -> -> Currently we have our application running on a Windows 2000 Server -> using Informix 9.3. We have around 12 Disks and the dbspaces are -> distributed across these disks. The Dbspace path are as follows :- -> -> 42b68918 1 1 0 128000 73422 PO- -> c:\\ifmxdata\\rootdbs.d01 -> 4309c558 2 2 0 125000 57 PO- -> f:\\ifmxdata\\cTrxn01.d01 -> 4309e9f0 27 27 0 275000 205883 PO- -> j:\\ifmxdata\\otrxn03.d01 -> 430a02e8 44 44 0 75000 66786 PO- -> m:\\ifmxdata\\stmtlinks02.d01 -> 430a1018 53 53 0 50000 28935 PO- -> j:\\ifmxdata\\stmt07.d01 -> 430a52e8 66 66 0 125000 99197 PO- -> n:\\ifmxdata\\applog09.d01 -> ... -> ... -> -> If I want to restore the Windows Level 0 in a Unix Box , can -> I create a -> similar dbspace file in the Unix box and directly restore the Level 0 -> backup. I am trying to aviod doing a dbexport/dbimport between the -> Windows and Unix Box. -> -> I think if we create a link file in the name -> c:\\ifmxdata\\rootdbs.01 in -> unix which will point to the actual rootdbs in a Raw Partition or a -> Unix File system we should be able to directly restore the level 0. -> -> Please comment on this. -> -> Dhaya -> -> _______________________________________________ -> Informix-list mailing list -> Informix-list@iiug.org -> http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list -> ********************************************************************************** This message is sent in strict confidence for the addressee only. It may contain legally privileged information. The contents are not to be disclosed to anyone other than the addressee. Unauthorised recipients are requested to preserve this confidentiality and to advise the sender immediately of any error in transmission. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses, however we cannot guarantee that this message is free from such problems. **********************************************************************************

"Simmons, Keith" <keith.simmons@office2office.biz> wrote in message news:mailman.78.1146138398.848.informix-list@iiug.org... >> You can't restore the same version on IDS across differing flavours of Unix, nor restore a database to a different version of IDS on the same Unix Well, pedantically, that isn't always the case. You can restore between some close versions, and between the F and U variants on the same version.

dhaya, after yesterdays suggestion you went on a solaris admin class, can I also suggest you take the IDS admin clases