XMEta migration

UPS · Post by **UPS** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:20 am

Hi,
we are moving from one Unix installation to another (bigger server/more capacity). The software versions are not changing. How do we migrate the XMeta repository ? Is it advisable ? Can we just migrate the users/groups?

We are using IIS internal registry and mapping credentials to a Unix ID .

Thanks in advance./

ArndW · Post by **ArndW** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:04 am

I don't know how one could, with surety and without risk, physically migrate the XMETA storage space. I gather you are not increasing capacity on one machine but are migrating from one machine to another.
In that case it is safer and cleaner to create a new and empty XMETA and use the DataStage Export->Import mechanism to effect the migration.

sreekanth kutumbaka · Post by **sreekanth kutumbaka** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:40 am

first of all, is it possible to move Datastage Server installation folders from one machine to another? i think we need to install the Server again in the new UNIX machine. please correct me if i'm wrong.

Regards,
Dinesh

ArndW · Post by **ArndW** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:57 am

I think that the answer is that, as of version 8, it is simpler and quicker to effect a complete new installation rather than attempt so "fool" the software and just shifting things around manually.