ontape -s and ontape -r
Vasilis Economides asked whether an IDS 10 ontape -s backup from HP-UX could be restored with ontape -r on Linux. Mark Tyrer said it was not guaranteed and suggested unloads or dbexport. Jonathan Leffler said backups only restore on the same machine type and software version; use ER or dbexport/dbimport. Art Kagel said it cannot be done.
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Hi,
Do the ontape -s and ontape -r commands work between different versions of
operating systems (HP-UX and Linux) but same version of IDS (version 10)?
I want to backup on HP-UX using ontape -s and restore in Linux using ontape -r.
Thanks,
There is no guarentee that this will work. It would be better to use another
path to port your data. Unloads, dbexport, etc
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ECONOMIDES VASILIS <vasilis.economides@ctl.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Do the ontape -s and ontape -r commands work between different versions of
>operating systems (HP-UX and Linux) but same version of IDS (version 10)?
>
>I want to backup on HP-UX using ontape -s and restore in Linux using ontape
>-r.
>
>Thanks,
>
>
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>
>
On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 12:06 AM, ECONOMIDES VASILIS <
vasilis.economides@ctl.com> wrote:
> Do the ontape -s and ontape -r commands work between different versions of
> operating systems (HP-UX and Linux) but same version of IDS (version 10)?
>
> I want to backup on HP-UX using ontape -s and restore in Linux using
> ontape -r.>
Backups are not that portable. You can only backup and restore on the same
machine type, using the same version of the software.
To go between machine types, you need to either use ER to replicate or use
DB-Export and DB-Import.
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No can do.
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On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 3:06 AM, ECONOMIDES VASILIS <
vasilis.economides@ctl.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Do the ontape -s and ontape -r commands work between different versions of
> operating systems (HP-UX and Linux) but same version of IDS (version 10)?
>
> I want to backup on HP-UX using ontape -s and restore in Linux using ontape
> -r.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
>
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> Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.
>
>
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