Re: [U2] UV Unix File Recovery
If you're on windows, take a look at Syncrify. It's essentially doing an rsync for Windows: I've been using it for a few months now on the client side and it's saved me a load of time for doing offsite backup to a hosted VM for peace of mind. Getting the first backup took me several nights(!) but my ISP doesn't charge for traffic between midnight and 6am and once it had that in place it's perfect for scheduling. Now it rsyncs through about 60GB worth of backups in about half an hour over a slow (rural) connection. In-house on a lan it should be very quick. Remember that whatever route you take, you must pause the database and be on a relatively recent version of UniVerse. Going back, dbpause didn't sync the shared memory headers recording dynamic file loads/splits/pointers so on restoring they would be corrupted. Plus there's always the new replication functionality to consider. From the few reports I've heard it's a lot more solid now. Brian -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Wols Lists Sent: 23 June 2012 00:22 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] UV Unix File Recovery On 22/06/12 20:13, Bill Haskett wrote: George: Unfortunately, I'm on Windows. I do full backups each day, but the 15Gb backup files shut down the dbms for about 30 minutes each night. We're not a 24/7 shop by any means, but we do span a number of time zones, so our window for backups is about three hours each evening. I've always wanted to use something simple but can't find anything. One would think your backup method (mirrors, breaking them, backing up the mirror, then re-syncing) would be part of the U2 admin guide (or be on some wiki). I do this with a couple of simple Windows scripts, but it's strickly a full backup operation with no mirrors. I did have to change the scripts and the method of implementation for Windows 2008 R2 from previous windows using ntbackup. Sounds like you want proper mirrored disks on your server. dbpause, break mirror, dbresume. Then you can back up the broken mirror at your leisure before resuming the mirror. Your database won't even be down a moment. As for minor changes to a 2Gb file, that's where btrfs would come in handy. It's a copy on write filesystem, so when you change a file it only updates the bits that have changed. And it cascades those changes up the hierarchy, so that if you snapshot the file system, it will archive the then-root of the filesystem. All new changes go to a new root. Only thing is, if you want to get back to a previous state of the filesystem (ie retrieve a backup), I understand it's a reboot. But if you had the true mirror on your server, you could run an infinite loop of dbpause, break mirror, dbresume, rsync broken mirror to linux btrfs, snapshot btrfs and restore mirror, wait for mirror to resync, rinse and repeat. It would take an awfully long time to fill up the linux backup server's disk... (rsync is the unix command that will sync two file systems, and it's very good at only updating the parts of files that have changed). Cheers, Wol ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] ACH Functionality in ManFact
Yeah, the bank representative mentioned the Debit-Credit switch. I'm not worried about actually writing the code to create the flat file, I'm just looking for potential issues with the overall process. -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Mark Eastwood Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 3:43 PM To: 'U2 Users List' Subject: Re: [U2] ACH Functionality in ManFact Well, it's been about six years now, and time has a way of making you forget the pain. I do recall some confusion over 'debit' vs 'credit'. If my company would allow it, I would publish the program (it's only about 300 lines), but that's not going to happen. Mark -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of John Varney Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 11:07 AM To: 'U2 Users List' Subject: Re: [U2] ACH Functionality in ManFact That's pretty much what we're doing here. I've talked to the bank and have their specifications in hand. Did you run into any issues while setting this up? ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] ACH Functionality in ManFact
I have the bank's specifications as of yesterday. You're right about the variations on file specs. I've found that almost every company tweeks the specs somewhat, creating potential gotchas. -Original Message- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Robert Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 10:49 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] ACH Functionality in ManFact Not that long ago I had to modify a piece of software that I wrote for a client (SEND-STERLING-TRANS) to create a NACHA-format ACH file to be sent to CHASE BANK. I found out that there were variations to the file format on the internet, so make sure that you get the exact specs for your project. I have a few PDF documents pertaining the layouts and the specs. Do you have the specs? Robert Norman ROBERT NORMAN AND ASSOCIATES Address: 23441 Golden Springs Dr., #289, Diamond Bar, CA 91765 USA Phone : (951) 541-1668 Email : i...@keyway.net Website: http://users.keyway.net/~ice/ [Affordable UNIVERSE programming services for PICK/BASIC, DATA/BASIC, UniVerse Basic, UniBasic, R/BASIC, jBC] Here are the John Varney wrote: I've been tasked with writing a bolt on module to give ManFact the ability to utilize ACH processing. Has anyone done this already? If so, any words of wisdom? ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
Re: [U2] ACH Functionality in ManFact
The most recent specificationsI have is the 2007 ACH Rules - Corporate Edition, which is about 200 pages. This book can be gotten through your bank. I've yet to see it on the internet without some kind of credentials required. You may be able to to purchase them, but I never have; since I get the book through my bank. HTH, Bill Haskett Advantos Systems, Inc. - Original Message - *From:* i...@keyway.net *To:* U2 Users List u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org *Date:* 6/22/2012 7:48 PM *Subject:* Re: [U2] ACH Functionality in ManFact Not that long ago I had to modify a piece of software that I wrote for a client (SEND-STERLING-TRANS) to create a NACHA-format ACH file to be sent to CHASE BANK. I found out that there were variations to the file format on the internet, so make sure that you get the exact specs for your project. I have a few PDF documents pertaining the layouts and the specs. Do you have the specs? Robert Norman ROBERT NORMAN AND ASSOCIATES Address: 23441 Golden Springs Dr., #289, Diamond Bar, CA 91765 USA Phone : (951) 541-1668 Email : i...@keyway.net Website: http://users.keyway.net/~ice/ [Affordable UNIVERSE programming services for PICK/BASIC, DATA/BASIC, UniVerse Basic, UniBasic, R/BASIC, jBC] Here are the John Varney wrote: I've been tasked with writing a bolt on module to give ManFact the ability to utilize ACH processing. Has anyone done this already? If so, any words of wisdom? ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
