Re: Running Informix on 2 different Servers in parrallel

Hopalong said: > Hi, everybody. Got a question for the experts. Well, I'll have a go anyway. > I have a client who runs Informix Dynamic Server 7.20 UC3 on a SCO > Unixware 7.01 box and has done for 5+ years. > > We had a disaster recovery PC of identical configuration which was > tested regularly to see if the customer's ontape backups could be > restored. > > Unfortunately the motherboard on this PC has failed and a repair would > be prohibitive, so we are looking at upgrading the disaster PC. > Unfortunately our research has found out that Unixware 7.01 is not > compatible with modern hardware and never will be as SCO no longer > support it. Herefore we must upgrade software too. > > My question is thus, what parameters are important in being able to > restore ontapes. Could we change to MS Windows 2000 Server and still be > able to restore? Could we change from using RAW DISK SPACE to > filesystems? Is just the onconfig file important or are other > parameters used? You are not guaranteed being able to restore on any other OS than Unixware. Windows is extremely unlikely to work. Raw to cooked will work, but why do you want to do that? Performance will suck. The onconfig and environment variables are both important. > Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks. Go onto ebay and buy an old PC, use that to get your data off, then migrate to a new linux box. Good luck -- sounds like you need it! :o) -- Bye now, Obnoxio "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche "I'm trying to see things your way, but I can't get my head up my ass" - JCH "Ogni uomo mi guarda come se fossi una testa di cazzo" - Marco I went to the airport to check in and they asked what I did because I looked like a terrorist. I said I was a comedian. They said, "Say something funny then." I told them I had just graduated from flying school. -- Ahmed Ahmed sending to informix-list