Re: HP-UX to SCO

Mark wrote: > We need to move an Informix Database (Standard Engine) that currently > resides on a box with HP-UX as the operating system to one with SCO > Openserver 5.0.7. > > I dumped the database directory to a tape and then copied it onto the new > machine but when I try to access it I get a "database not found or no system > permission" error. > > All the permissions are fine and all the tables are present and correct. > > Does anyone have any idea as to what I'm missing? Is it that the 2 OS's have > done something different with the tables and there's a compatibility issue? > > Would I be better using the DBEXPORT/DBIMPORT utilities and not specifying > the -ss option? > > Any ideas would be gratefully received > Clegg > > > Hi, dbexport/dbimport is always preferred. It is Standard Engine, so -ss option should not be used. Make sure you have DBDATE set exactly the same on both machines, or unset it before export and before import. HTH Michael