Hi David et al,
I performed the symlinks on those particular directories (/imdc/logs
imdc/config ) and Intermapper and IMDC are generally happy. (used
"sudo mv" to move the directories to retain all the permissions
nicely, then made the appropriate symlinks).
Just wanted to report this works great.
- Chris.
On 20-Oct-09, at 9:02 PM, David Schnur wrote:
As far as InterMapper DataCenter goes, you can't relocate the entire
thing and have that work across upgrades, but you should be able to
symlink the two directories that matter. Those are /usr/local/imdc/
config (configuration, including the database and database backups)
and /usr/local/imdc/log (log files).
I should note that symlinks have so far only been used for /usr/
local/imdc/config/database. Although I don't see any problems,
symlinking the entire config folder, or the log folder, is not
something we've tested. Please make sure that everything is
properly backed-up, etc. I'd also take a peek at the OS X Console
during the first upgrade install, just in case there are any errors.
Most importantly, when you move the files to your RAID, make sure
that everything keeps precisely the same ownership and permissions.
The database, for example, requires that /usr/local/imdc/config/
database have 0700, for security reasons. If you change it
accidentally, it will refuse to start.
And, as Michael Graziano pointed out, if you only want to move the
database, you can use a PostgreSQL feature called tablespaces. It
makes the database write most of its data to a different partition,
without having to move or symlink anything. As such, it's the most
reliable method, though it takes slightly more work to set up. If
that's what you're interested in, I believe we have a KB article
explaining the process; let me know and I can get you a link to it.
David
On 10/20/2009 3:20 PM, Chris Kawchuk wrote:
How do I get Intermapper and/or Intermapper IMDC to nicely "live" on
another drive in my system?
--
David Schnur
Dartware, LLC
http://www.dartware.com
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