moving instance from one hp-ux machine to another

Hi, we have a new hp-ux machine and are moving the database engine to it. I'd like to know if I can cheat the install process cleanly by copying the /informix dir to the new machine. IDS 7.x and old machine hp 11.00 new machine hp 11.11 I assume I 'should' perform all the steps necessary for the install including all the 4gl and runtime, but was hoping that a quick tar would suffice. Then I'd just require the correct links and export and import of the databases. Thanks in advance, Doug sending to informix-list

On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 08:47:09 -0700, "Doug Fossmeyer" <dfossmeyer@gmx.net> wrote: > >Hi, we have a new hp-ux machine and are moving the database engine to it. >I'd like to know if I can cheat the install process cleanly by copying the >/informix dir to the new machine. IDS 7.x and old machine hp 11.00 new >machine hp 11.11 > >I assume I 'should' perform all the steps necessary for the install >including all the 4gl and runtime, but was hoping that a quick tar would >suffice. Then I'd just require the correct links and export and import of >the databases. > >Thanks in advance, >Doug > We did this quite a bit ago . . . . the recommended approach was to do the install, but we TARred up $INFORMIXDIR and reestablished the links to /usr/lib. We didn't have any memorable issues . . . . . but we were re-creating a test system as well. If your engine versions are the same and your logical layout is the same, then consider doing a restore to the 'new' system using ontape. May save some time as well.