Code migration from Windows to Unix

babbu9 · Post by **babbu9** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:01 pm

Hi
We have Oracle 10g and DS Server 7.5 edition. I was wondering if we could migrate the code developed in windows to an AIX platform (DS7.5.1) later.

Should we use dsx or xml files.What will be the issues.

Please inform

Bob

kcbland · Post by **kcbland** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:09 pm

The .dsx export does not matter. What matters is in the job designs themselves any system calls to DOS specific commands need porting, as well as the slash usage, "\" needs to be "/".

vmcburney · Post by **vmcburney** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:51 pm

I have had problems importing xml files on AIX 7.5.1A and now just go with DSX. Do a test export and import of one complex job first to see if it works and if all the required stages are installed in your target project.

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 8:31 am

Me, I'd only use XML exports if the target for them was something other than DataStage. Otherwise, I don't see the point of all that extra work that the import has to do. When you import an XML export, the first thing it has to do under the covers is convert it back to dsx format and then import it.

On large imports - like entire projects - this can take a long time. Emphasis on the word 'long'.

And even better reason would be Vincent's, if the conversion is known to hork things up on occassion.