RE: Migration question

Posted in 2005

Dirk Moolman — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 10:15:45 +0200 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

↪ replying to Dirk Moolman

David E. Grove — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 08:10:22 -0800 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

> From your first original e-mail it sounded like you were planning on > having downtime - from your replies, it sounds like you want to migrate > hot (online) - keeping your system consistent. > > For an online migration, you will have to use replication - I just > cannot comment on replicating between different versions, in this case > 9.21 and 10.0 > I apologize for "speaking out of both sides ofmy mouth". We had been planning on downtime. I was just "wondering out loud" whether there was a way to reduce or eliminate it. I thank everyone for their comments. DG