> Thanks for your document, very interesting reading. > in restore section have noticed this : > > *Pitfall:* Backups are platform-dependent. You can not > restore a backup > from a UNIX or LINUX database instance on a Windows host. > > please note I restored my backup made under windows version > of sapdb to sapdb runing under Linux redhat 9 > > in sapdb documentation has never heard about that > > contrary to what I read in this document in this mailing list always > saying that backup are platform independent, please correct > me if I'am wrong.
You are both right and wrong ;-) Cross platform backup & restore generally works, if the byte order of the platforms is the same. That is, from Wintel to Linux (on IA32) and backwards will work. It will fail if you try to restore a Wintel generated backup to a, lets say Sparc Solaris based installation. It may have been left out from the documentation, because there ain't no such thing as a (completely) platform indepentent backup and restore. Regards Christian -- #include <std_disclaimer.h> /* The opinions stated above are my own and not necessarily those of my employer. */ -- MaxDB Discussion Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/maxdb To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
