Re: Restores
Hi,
it looks like the problem is caused by version checking.
But this version checking is done for a reason. Not only
the actual version is checked, but also the edition (which
is also done by looking at the version string). This is
a restriction because an Enterprise Edition has more
capabilities and features than e.g. the Workgroup or
Express Editions. Think of compression, encryption, etc.
Not doing the check would currently open some
loopholes that would allow the use of features in
Express or Workgroup Edition that are not available or
have not been purchased as add ons. This would then
cause a licensing conflict.
I see that this is unfortunate in cases where such
features are not used in Enterprise Edition and the
restore to a "lower" Edition would not cause any
licensing conflicts.
At the moment I can only recommend to you to place a
feature request via IBM Informix Technical Support
or via your sales representative (or both channels)
to get this limitation lifted. A valid solution, I think,
would be the implementation of a more elaborate
check for possible license conflicts instead of just
relying on version string comparison during restore.
Regards, Martin
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informix-list-bounces@iiug.org wrote on 03/23/2010 11:50:30 PM:
>
> I note that there are different code streams now between IDS Workgroup
and
> Enterprise Edition.
>
> And I've just tried to restore an 11.5FC6 EE archive onto a test server
> .....
>
> ontape -r -t STDIO < /scratch//99.dmp>
> Backup data version is not compatible with Online version:
> IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 11.50.FC6WE
> Physical restore failed - function Invalid archive tape failed code -1
errno
> 0
>
> Ugh!
>
> A couple of questions:
> - is this just something done in the version comparison part of the
restore
> program, or is there a fundamental difference in the structures?
> - assuming the former can it be easily obviated?
>
> Thanks
> Neil
>
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