Good point: that's even more likely than a file integrity problem. It's easy to 
accidentally install 32-bit on one box and 64-bit on another.

-- Mike

On 25 Feb 2013, at 10:27 , Danny Sokolsky <[email protected]> wrote:

> Also, make sure the 2 machines are the same platform and architecture:
> 
> xdmp:platform(), xdmp:architecture()
> 
> databases from one platform/architecture cannot be just moved to use on 
> another platform/architecture.  If you need to do that, use mlcp (or xqsync).
> 
> -Danny
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Blakeley
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 10:24 AM
> To: MarkLogic Developer Discussion
> Subject: Re: [MarkLogic Dev General] Getting Bad word size during restore db
> 
> That error probably means you should contact support.
> 
> Support may ask you to check the integrity of the files you transferred: some 
> files might have been truncated or bits flipped. Many tools aren't 
> particularly good about checking for errors or handling timeouts. I generally 
> use rsync to move important files, because it is resumable and uses checksums.
> 
> For configuration of a new system, look into 
> http://docs.marklogic.com/guide/admin/export-import
> 
> -- Mike
> 
> On 25 Feb 2013, at 09:45 , Ildus Hakov <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I am trying to replicate the db from one box to another using backup/restore 
>> ML functionality. The source db is 5.04 and a target db is 6.0.
>> I did backup, copied them to target box and did restore on target box. Then 
>> got a message: Bad word size
>> 
>> What does it mean could not find.
>> Also question/suggestion: Looks like I need to create first db, forest, 
>> modules databases on target box with exact names which is not convenient  
>> then do a restore. Still no go.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> ildus
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