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Re: Rename Dbspaces

Posted in 1999

Topics: Storage & Space Management, Server Administration, Migration, Import/Export & Data Conversion

PaulITID.Matthews@chase.com — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

onspaces -d dbspace -p raw_device_name -o offset The chunk needs to be emptied first, though (oncheck -pe) For some reason, onmonitor does not have an equivalent delete chunk option Not sure why that is Rgds Paul "David Grove" <david_grove@health.state.ak.us> on 31/03/99 21:20:07 Please respond to "David Grove" <david_grove@health.state.ak.us> To: informix-list@iiug.org cc: (bcc: Paul'ITID' Matthews/CHASE) Subject: Re: Rename Dbspaces A related question I would also ask-- How would one rename (or move) a chunk. I know the preferred procedure is to use links, however, if an earlier DBA didn't, then what would be best way to rename or move chunk? David Grove Thomas J. Girsch wrote in message <37026fb0.0@newsfeed.one.net>... >Does anyone know of a safe way to rename a dbspace? I can't drop and >recreate the dbspace, because it's the "home" for a database, and the >database is too large for dbexport/dbimport. > >

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Neil Truby — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Well yes, that's how to delete a chunk, but my point is that I don't believe Informix will allow you to drop the primary chunk of a mirrored pair. So, you can't really rename a chunk. Neil PaulITID.Matthews@chase.com wrote in message <7e07r3$t4i$1@news.xmission.com>... > > > >onspaces -d dbspace -p raw_device_name -o offset> >The chunk needs to be emptied first, though (oncheck -pe) > >For some reason, onmonitor does not have an equivalent delete chunk >option >Not sure why that is > >Rgds > >Paul > > > > >"David Grove" <david_grove@health.state.ak.us> on 31/03/99 21:20:07 > >Please respond to "David Grove" <david_grove@health.state.ak.us> > > >To: informix-list@iiug.org >cc: (bcc: Paul'ITID' Matthews/CHASE) >Subject: Re: Rename Dbspaces > > > > >A related question I would also ask-- How would one rename (or move) a >chunk. I know the preferred procedure is to use links, however, if an >earlier DBA didn't, then what would be best way to rename or move chunk? > >David Grove > > >Thomas J. Girsch wrote in message <37026fb0.0@newsfeed.one.net>... >>Does anyone know of a safe way to rename a dbspace? I can't drop and >>recreate the dbspace, because it's the "home" for a database, and the >>database is too large for dbexport/dbimport. >> >> > > > > > >

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