DSXchange

I am doing export using the following command

./istool export -domain XXXX -u dsadm -p **** -archive dpr_dev.dsx -ds '-base="HOST/dpr_PROJ_dev" Jobs/*/*.*'




When I do cat The output dsx file dpr_dev.dsx it is giving output in binary format , instead normal format


Query
Which format the dsx file generated is it somehing archive file ,
Whether the same file we can impport will retain the jobs please suggest

It's compressed and istool will automatically uncompress it for an import. From what I understand, you should be able to manually uncompress it as well using standard tools.

And be careful to realise that it's not a "dsx" file per se. "dsx" files are produced by DataStage export utilities.

Information Server Manager (istool) produces a compatible file IF the file only contains DataStage components, but the utility can create deployment packages containing components from other products too.

It is safer to use conventional export and import utilities than to try using Information Server manager tools.

With 8.X, it is much easier as Designer client can also do this functionality. The DSX file is a textfile.

Most of the parameter values could be replaced by simple Ctrl-H using a text editor. Simple and efficient way of migrating the jobs.

-Abhijit