Data transfer from DEC server 4000 to Alpha server 4100

Dear List users, We are in the process of transferring our 2GB data from DEC server 4000 to our new Server Alpha Server 4100. We are using DEC OSF 4.0D / Informix ODS 7.2 on both servers. We have a few options : 1. Use "ontape -r" to restore, in which case we have to create the dbspaces of same size on new machine and then add more chunks to incresae the dbspace, or 2. Define the dbspaces on new machine with higher storage capacity and use dbexport / dbimport to load data, which will be very time consuming...... Any suggestions ????? Thanks in advance.... ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

In article <79ue50$6p9$1@news.xmission.com>, Pramod Dhumal <pramodhumal@hotmail.com> writes > >Dear List users, > >We are in the process of transferring our 2GB data from DEC server 4000 >to our new Server Alpha Server 4100. We are using DEC OSF 4.0D / >Informix ODS 7.2 on both servers. > >We have a few options : > > 1. Use "ontape -r" to restore, in which case we have to create the >dbspaces of same size on new machine and then add more chunks to >incresae the dbspace, or > >2. Define the dbspaces on new machine with higher storage capacity and >use dbexport / dbimport to load data, which will be very time >consuming...... > Use this + several tapes. Define tape size as 400Mb. Whilst tape 2 is being exported tape 1 can be being imported, hence you can overlap export and import... >Any suggestions ????? Thanks in advance.... > > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- David Williams

I will just use onunload/onload. It give you better performance than dbexport and also skip the restriction on the dbspace setup. In article <79ue50$6p9$1@news.xmission.com>, "Pramod Dhumal" <pramodhumal@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Dear List users, > > We are in the process of transferring our 2GB data from DEC server 4000 > to our new Server Alpha Server 4100. We are using DEC OSF 4.0D / > Informix ODS 7.2 on both servers. > > We have a few options : > > 1. Use "ontape -r" to restore, in which case we have to create the > dbspaces of same size on new machine and then add more chunks to > incresae the dbspace, or > > 2. Define the dbspaces on new machine with higher storage capacity and > use dbexport / dbimport to load data, which will be very time > consuming...... > > Any suggestions ????? Thanks in advance.... > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own