copying databases with onbar

I posted this once this weekend, but it doesn't look like it made it through my isp. I apologize if it shows up twice... Has anyone used onbar to migrate a database from one server to another? I'm using same o/s (Solaris 2.6) and the same Informix release (7.31.uc5). Is there anything about the backups created with onbar that make them machine dependent? I can use ontape for the migration right now, but that takes about 8 hours and if I am working from home will require trips to the office to change the tapes. Is there a way to trick onbar into using the backup from another machine? Thanks, Ty O'Kelly tokelly@my-deja.com Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

I have used onbar to copy an entire instance to another host (consisting of multiple databases), but not just one database. I don't believe onbar has sufficient granularity to do that. If you are really talking about migrating an entire instance, kindly post what storage manager you are using (ISM, SQL-Backtrack, etc.). Joe V. Garden Ridge, Inc. <tokelly@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8kcpnh$oq4$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > I posted this once this weekend, but it doesn't look like it made it > through my isp. I apologize if it shows up twice... > > Has anyone used onbar to migrate a database from one server to another? > I'm using same o/s (Solaris 2.6) and the same Informix release > (7.31.uc5). Is there anything about the backups created with onbar that > make them machine dependent? I can use ontape for the migration right > now, but that takes about 8 hours and if I am working from home will > require trips to the office to change the tapes. Is there a way to > trick onbar into using the backup from another machine? > > Thanks, > Ty O'Kelly > tokelly@my-deja.com > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.