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

Scott Hanson (shanson@lhr-co.gb.DHL.COM) wrote: : Pablo, : What you forget is that if you are using raw devices and have used the actual : device names i.e. /dev/dsk/c1d0t0 upon initialisation then you cannot easily : 'rename' this device moving the device to a different controller or address. : Since this information is stored in the archive then as Neil says, you will : have to unload/load the database and re-initialise the engine. : This is why it is so important to use symbolic links with Informix engines. i There's another solution that might work. Mirror the chunk onto a dbspace that's defined as a link, not a direct address. When it has caught up and is synched with the main chunk, take the main chunk down. I haven't tried this, but it should work. Famous last words. Joe -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Lumbley(jlumbley@netcom.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------