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ontape RH ES3 to RH ES 4

Posted in 2006

Topics: Backup & Restore, Versions, Editions & End-of-Life

MICHAEL CLARK — — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

I'm trying to port a database from RH ES3 to RH ES4, and just to make it interesting, IDS 9.40.UC5XD to IDS 10. The latter part should be no big deal as I was assured ontape from 9.4 to 10 would work (10 is really 9.5 right). ontape -r on the RH ES4 server returns Please mount tape 1 on /dev/st0 and press Return to continue ... Floating point exception archecker on the RH ES4 says STATUS: Scan FAILED ERROR: Archive Physical Validation Failed. STATUS: archecker completed Validation pid = 21385 exit code: 3 On the RH ES4 server I can do dd if=/dev/st0 of=ontape.out bs=2048 count=3000 and get valid data out. strings ontape.out shows relavent database information. So I know the tape drive can read the tape successfully. And that there is good data there. Is it possible to use ontape to transfer a database from RH ES3 to RH ES4? Does ontape from IDS 9.4 to 10 indeed work?

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Paul Watson — — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

The ontape might work but I'd be surprised Paul Watson Tel: +44 1414161772 Mob: +44 7818003457 Web: www.oninit.com GO FURTHER with DB2 GET THERE FASTER with Informix. Attend IDUG 2007 San Jose, North America May 6-10, 2006 Visit http://www.iiug.org/conf for more information. > -----Original Message----- > From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On > Behalf Of MICHAEL CLARK > Sent: 08 November 2006 17:56 > To: ids@iiug.org > Subject: ontape RH ES3 to RH ES 4 [7776] > > > I'm trying to port a database from RH ES3 to RH ES4, and just > to make it interesting, IDS 9.40.UC5XD to IDS 10. The latter > part should be no big deal as I was assured ontape from 9.4 > to 10 would work (10 is really 9.5 right). > > ontape -r on the RH ES4 server returns> > Please mount tape 1 on /dev/st0 and press Return to continue ... > Floating point exception > > archecker on the RH ES4 says > STATUS: Scan FAILED > ERROR: Archive Physical Validation Failed. > > STATUS: archecker completed Validation pid = 21385 exit code: 3 > > On the RH ES4 server I can do > dd if=/dev/st0 of=ontape.out bs=2048 count=3000 > > and get valid data out. strings ontape.out shows relavent > database information. So I know the tape drive can read the > tape successfully. And that there is good data there. > > Is it possible to use ontape to transfer a database from RH > ES3 to RH ES4? > Does ontape from IDS 9.4 to 10 indeed work? > > > ************************************************************** > ***************** > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the > discussion forum.

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Robert Roussey\\\\(MIS\\\\) — — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

Just upgrading from 9.40 to 10.00 causes all sorts of system table modifications and updates (been there, done that). I don't see how restoring 9.40 ontape to 10.00 could work. Bob Roussey Unix / Informix Administration Spirit Airlines Robert.Roussey@SpiritAir.com -----Original Message----- From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of MICHAEL CLARK Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 6:56 PM To: ids@iiug.org Subject: ontape RH ES3 to RH ES 4 [7776] I'm trying to port a database from RH ES3 to RH ES4, and just to make it interesting, IDS 9.40.UC5XD to IDS 10. The latter part should be no big deal as I was assured ontape from 9.4 to 10 would work (10 is really 9.5 right). ontape -r on the RH ES4 server returns Please mount tape 1 on /dev/st0 and press Return to continue ... Floating point exception archecker on the RH ES4 says STATUS: Scan FAILED ERROR: Archive Physical Validation Failed. STATUS: archecker completed Validation pid = 21385 exit code: 3 On the RH ES4 server I can do dd if=/dev/st0 of=ontape.out bs=2048 count=3000 and get valid data out. strings ontape.out shows relavent database information. So I know the tape drive can read the tape successfully. And that there is good data there. Is it possible to use ontape to transfer a database from RH ES3 to RH ES4? Does ontape from IDS 9.4 to 10 indeed work? ************************************************************************ ******* Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.

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minnickbrian@aim.com — — source: IIUG Forums & Mailing Lists

Why not use the normal migration methods, such as dbexport/dbimport? Besides you'll want to modify your onconfig for the new parms in V10.00. -----Original Message----- From: mike_clark@wawb.uscourts.gov To: ids@iiug.org Sent: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 6:56 PM Subject: ontape RH ES3 to RH ES 4 [7776] I'm trying to port a database from RH ES3 to RH ES4, and just to make it interesting, IDS 9.40.UC5XD to IDS 10. The latter part should be no big deal as I was assured ontape from 9.4 to 10 would work (10 is really 9.5 right). ontape -r on the RH ES4 server returns Please mount tape 1 on /dev/st0 and press Return to continue ... Floating point exception archecker on the RH ES4 says STATUS: Scan FAILED ERROR: Archive Physical Validation Failed. STATUS: archecker completed Validation pid = 21385 exit code: 3 On the RH ES4 server I can do dd if=/dev/st0 of=ontape.out bs=2048 count=3000 and get valid data out. strings ontape.out shows relavent database information. So I know the tape drive can read the tape successfully. And that there is good data there. Is it possible to use ontape to transfer a database from RH ES3 to RH ES4? Does ontape from IDS 9.4 to 10 indeed work? ************************************************************************* ****** Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection.

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