Re: Backup/restore compatibility

Posted in 2008

david@smooth1.co.uk — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:12:42 -0800 (PST) — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On 18 Feb, 22:09, Fernando Nunes <s...@onlinedomus.net> wrote: > Troels Arvin wrote: > > Hello, > > > On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:36:27 +0000, Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > >> This is what dbexport exists for. > > > Thanks - it looks like dbexport will be of use. And the dbexport word led > > me to the special Informix Migration Guide which I had overlooked. > > It will work, but it can be painfully slow when compared to other methods... > > -- > Fernando Nunes > Portugal > > http://informix-technology.blogspot.com > My email works... but I don't check it frequently... The unload the tables in parallel and load them in parrallel. Also no-one has mentioned point in time table recovery in version 10 that as John Miller III pointed out at the Altanta conference could be used to extract system catalogs from an IDS 10 backup and then restore the tables in parallel.