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RE: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40

Posted By: LARRY SORENSEN
Date: Monday, 15 June 2009, at 5:58 p.m.

In Response To: Re: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40 (Obnoxio The Clown)

It is a long story, but....

Our old server is an old Solaris 5.6 box (32-bit). We are running IDS 7.31.UD9. Since the OS is so old, 9.4.UD8 was the last release that I could find that was certified on this OS. We purchased a new server that runs Solaris 10 (64-bit) that we would like to migrate to, but we are still in the testing phase. To get testing data to the new server, I can't just run a dbexport due to the file size limits on the old Informix 7.31. I have, therefore, loaded IDs 9.4 on the old server. We copy data from the production instance to a separate instance. Convert the separate instance to IDS 9.4, and then we are able to export the data without 2GB limitations. I then need to revert the separate instance back to 7.31 because it also contains another database that we use for testing, and the test data is currently in the middle of a 30-day process test. We don't want to lose the testing data.

So, I need to revert back my test instance.

After that, if someone else can suggest an easier method to use for getting the data from an old 32-bit IDS 7.31 database to a 64-bit 11.5 database, that would be great.

> To: ids@iiug.org
> From: obnoxio@serendipita.com
> Subject: Re: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40 [16039]
> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:44:00 -0400
>
> LARRY SORENSEN wrote:
> > So, as far as everyone knows, if I update the tables that state needing to
> be
> > updated when trying the onmode -b 7.31, the revert back should work
> properly?
> > What if it still doesn't? I will try it all again and watch for errors, but
> I
> > am suspecting that there will not be any. I have done this all several
> times,
> > and it has never worked for me. I have ended up restoring from archives,
> which
> > is a real pain for something that should work!!
> >
> > No changes have been made to the database while converted to 9.4. No users
> > were able to connect.
>
> Can I ask a really, REALLY stupid question? Why are you upgrading to
> 9.40 when it's already dead?
>
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> Obnoxio The Clown
>
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Messages In This Thread

• onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40
  LARRY SORENSEN -- Monday, 15 June 2009, at 11:13 a.m.
  • Re: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40
    Obnoxio The Clown -- Monday, 15 June 2009, at 11:17 a.m.
    • RE: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40
      LARRY SORENSEN -- Monday, 15 June 2009, at 11:41 a.m.
      • Re: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40
        Obnoxio The Clown -- Monday, 15 June 2009, at 12:25 p.m.
        • RE: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40
          LARRY SORENSEN -- Monday, 15 June 2009, at 12:32 p.m.
          • Re: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40
            Obnoxio The Clown -- Monday, 15 June 2009, at 12:34 p.m.
  • Re: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40
    jack.parker4@verizon.net -- Monday, 15 June 2009, at 1:45 p.m.
    • RE: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40
      LARRY SORENSEN -- Monday, 15 June 2009, at 2:02 p.m.
      • Re: RE: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40
        jack.parker4@verizon.net -- Monday, 15 June 2009, at 2:20 p.m.
        • RE: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40
          LARRY SORENSEN -- Monday, 15 June 2009, at 5:40 p.m.
          • Re: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40
            Obnoxio The Clown -- Monday, 15 June 2009, at 5:44 p.m.
            • RE: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40
              LARRY SORENSEN -- Monday, 15 June 2009, at 5:58 p.m.
  • Re: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40
    Art Kagel -- Monday, 15 June 2009, at 6:48 p.m.
    • RE: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40
      LARRY SORENSEN -- Tuesday, 16 June 2009, at 10:05 a.m.
      • RE: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40
        Peter_Logan@spartanstores.com -- Tuesday, 16 June 2009, at 10:37 a.m.
        • RE: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40
          LARRY SORENSEN -- Tuesday, 16 June 2009, at 1:24 p.m.
          • RE: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40
            Peter_Logan@spartanstores.com -- Tuesday, 16 June 2009, at 1:34 p.m.
          • RE: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40
            Plugge, Joe R. -- Tuesday, 16 June 2009, at 1:34 p.m.
            • RE: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40
              LARRY SORENSEN -- Tuesday, 16 June 2009, at 2:33 p.m.
              • Re: RE: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40
                jack.parker4@verizon.net -- Tuesday, 16 June 2009, at 2:41 p.m.
                • Re: Re: RE: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.4
                  jack.parker4@verizon.net -- Tuesday, 16 June 2009, at 4:42 p.m.
              • RE: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40
                Peter_Logan@spartanstores.com -- Tuesday, 16 June 2009, at 2:44 p.m.
          • Re: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40
            Art Kagel -- Wednesday, 17 June 2009, at 9:39 a.m.
            • RE: onmode -b 7.31 to revert back from 9.40
              LARRY SORENSEN -- Wednesday, 17 June 2009, at 10:40 a.m.

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