Re: Moving of chunks..How to???

Pablo Sanchez wrote: > > In article <33567247.26AE@netcomuk.co.uk>, Neil Truby <ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk> writes: > > If you have used a symbolic link to the chunk, as described in the > > Administrator's guide, you can take a level 0 archive, close down the > > engine, re-establish the link to the new disk area, and restore. > > > > If you haven't used symbolic links, you'll have to dbexport or > > tb/onunload your database(s), re-create your database on the new chunk, > > and dbimport/onload. > > > > Neil, > > Any reason why they couldn't create the symlink afterwards? I can't > see any reason why that wouldn't work: > > Was: > > /usr/informix/my_chunk.dat > > Is: > mv /usr/informix/my_chunk.dat /usr/informix/over_here/my_chunk.dat > ln -s /usr/informix_over_here/my_chunk /usr/informix/my_chunk.dat > Pablo I can't remember the original question, but I assumed that the chunk in question was a raw slice. In which case the mv would not be appropriate. However, ither correspondents did suggest a variation on your suggestion, using a dd copy. I've never tried this myself, and would be interested to know what others' experiences are. regards Neil