Re: Data migration from Online5.10 -> IDS2000 v9.21FC2

From: Thanh <tqma@my-deja.com> > >I am planning to do the same thing ... to migrate hundreds of >Online 5.0.8 to 9.20. Any help in this area is greatly appreciated. > >Thanh > >In article <8ta1qv$fs6$1@news.xmission.com>, > "Guertin, Walter" <GuertinW@ci.worcester.ma.us> wrote: > > > > We are running Online 5.10UC2 on a DEC alpha2100 TruUnix64 v4.0F. > > The plan is to migrate to IDS2000 v9.21FC2. > > We have 12 different databases all contained in 12Gig of disk space. > > > > Here is the question, > > > > Using dbexport and dbimport, is it necessary to dbimport all the >databases > > into an instance of DS7.33 and then do the > > engine upgrade to 9.21 or can the dbexported databases be dbimported > > directly into the IDS2000(9.2) instance without going > > thru DS7.33? > > > > I've looked at the Migration guide and specifically Figure1-3 which > > indicates we must migrate to 7.2 or 7.3 prior to migration > > to 9.2. > > Based on this diagram we will probably migrate to 7.x prior to >installing > > IDS2000. > > However, I thought I would ask all of you for some input. > > > > Does anybody know if/why this step is really necessary? > > Has anybody migrated from Online 5.x to IDS2000 with/without going >thru 7.x? > > What were you experiences? You have to go through 7.x *only* if you are doing an "in-place" upgrade. Since you are using dbexport/dbimport (the best approach, IMHO), you don't need to go via any intermediate release. Perhaps the documentation could be a bit clearer on this... _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.