Move a database to another drive letter...

Let me add a little to this as it is not quite as simple as I've made
it sound.

I have a Progress 9.1C database running on one machine with the dB on
the volume referred to as E:

I wish to move this database to a new server, using drive C: and run it
under OpenEdge 10.1.

I would copy the database from E: to C: on the existing 9.1C server and
"repair" it, then copy to the new one and upgrade, but drive C: on the
old server does not have sufficient space for this.

I could install 9.1C on the new server and run the repair there, but I
wish to avoid that, if possible.

NewarkGoss wrote:
> I have a database on one server, on drive E: and I wish to move it to
> another server on drive C:.
>
> What do I need to do?
>
> Thanks

NewarkGoss wrote:

> Let me add a little to this as it is not quite as simple as I've made
> it sound.
>
> I have a Progress 9.1C database running on one machine with the dB on
> the volume referred to as E:
>
> I wish to move this database to a new server, using drive C: and run it
> under OpenEdge 10.1.
>
> I would copy the database from E: to C: on the existing 9.1C server and
> "repair" it, then copy to the new one and upgrade, but drive C: on the
> old server does not have sufficient space for this.
>
> I could install 9.1C on the new server and run the repair there, but I
> wish to avoid that, if possible.
>
> NewarkGoss wrote:
> > I have a database on one server, on drive E: and I wish to move it to
> > another server on drive C:.
> >
> > What do I need to do?
> >
> > Thanks

Would it not be as simple as putting 10.1 on the old server, upgrade the database, then move to the new server and repair?

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Share the DLC directory on the old machine.

Copy the database to it's new location, and update the .st file.

cd \new-directory
net use q: \\old-server\dlc
set DLC=q:\
q:\bin\prostrct database repair


"NewarkGoss" wrote in message
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> Let me add a little to this as it is not quite as simple as I've made
> it sound.
>
> I have a Progress 9.1C database running on one machine with the dB on
> the volume referred to as E:
>
> I wish to move this database to a new server, using drive C: and run it
> under OpenEdge 10.1.
>
> I would copy the database from E: to C: on the existing 9.1C server and
> "repair" it, then copy to the new one and upgrade, but drive C: on the
> old server does not have sufficient space for this.
>
> I could install 9.1C on the new server and run the repair there, but I
> wish to avoid that, if possible.
>
> NewarkGoss wrote:
>> I have a database on one server, on drive E: and I wish to move it to
>> another server on drive C:.
>>
>> What do I need to do?
>>
>> Thanks
>

Murdoc wrote:

> Would it not be as simple as putting 10.1 on the old server, upgrade the database, then move to the new server and repair?

Well, that would shutdown the existing server, remove all, quick fall
back, require all clients were upgrade before anyone could do anything,
etc. I was sort of hoping to have the new server up, a few clients
upgraded, some testing done, etc first.

Steve Foley wrote:
> Share the DLC directory on the old machine.
>
> Copy the database to it's new location, and update the .st file.
>
> cd \new-directory
> net use q: \\old-server\dlc
> set DLC=q:\
> q:\bin\prostrct database repair

I shared the root progress folder on the 9.1C server. Then on the new
server:

C:\hsi\data>net use z: \\de-foxfire-01\progress
The command completed successfully.

C:\hsi\data>set DLC=z:\

C:\hsi\data>z:\bin\prostrct gams1 repair
PROGRESS PATCH Version 9.1C27 as of Thu Mar 13 11:08:29 EST 2003
msgOpen: unable to open message file: PROMSGS

C:\hsi\data>