RE: Relocate Informix database from Raw slices to filesystem
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From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org
[mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org]On Behalf Of mccmx@hotmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 3:59 AM
To: informix-list@iiug.org
Subject: Re: Relocate Informix database from Raw slices to filesystem
Funnily enough, your idea to create a soft link in /dev from the old
device to the new device/location is exactly what I was planning to do
if I couldn't find a 'better' solution.
Based on this thread, I may well have to go down that route...
My Informix knowledge is very limited....!?!
What I will probably do is:
1. create the soft link from /dev to get informix up and running on a
different machine.
2. On this new machine: Add a mirror chunk to each dbspace and drop
the original mirror to effectively relocate the databse to the
filesystem.
If I have no joy with step 2, I will run with the soft link from /dev.
This will have to be documented well so that if someone destroys /dev
(through devfsadm or similar) then the links can be recreated easily.
Its not ideal but its preferable to unloading and reloading the whole
database, which has its own risks.
Thanks for the advice..
Matt
onbar has a -rename option...
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