Hello Howard, Welcome! You are on the right track and in the right place. In your original post, your assumptions #1 & #2 are correct.
There are many methods available. It would be most helpful if we know the platform manufacturer and model, the exact OS version, and the exact version of UniVerse. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wong, Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 9:45 AM > To all, > > I posted to the Chatter forum but was advise that the mail list would have > wider audience for my question. My original post. In a nutshell, we know > nothing about UniVerse, but need to keep the data and move them to a newer > server, Unix or otherwise. > > Our plan is to convert the data into a mainstream DBMS, e.g. SQL Server, > DB2, etc. But further research after my original post indicates that it will > be very involved. Since we don't know how the data is organised in the DB, > we have to assume for the worst case. I'm afraid multivalues and subvalues > will trip us up. Updating to a new version of UniVerse is probably going to > solve the problem, but I doubt the manager would have the appetite to spend > good money just to be able to read the very old data. > > Please read the original post for details,. Again, any help is much > appreciated. > > Sincerely, > Howard Wong > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Original Post: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > We have a very old Unix server that has to be decommissioned. On it is an > application that has long since been migrated to a newer app and UNIX > platform. This old app is kept around for reference, and is not being > actively updated. > > We have to replace the old Unix box, so the old app has to migrate too. > Trouble is the app uses a database called VMark, which no one around here > knows anything about. > > I did some research on the Net and it seems that VMark was a company name, > and its database product was UniVerse. Further searches brought me to this > site. > > Am I on the right track? Can someone tell me if: > 1) My understanding of VMark (a vendor) and UniVerse (the DBMS) correct? > 2) If (1) is good, then is the IBM UniVerse DB the successor of the VMark > UniVerse DB? > 3) If (2) is correct, then is there any tool or utilities that can either > (a) extract the structure and content of the database and perhaps migrate > them to another DBMS (Unix or Windows), or (b) let us understand the > structure and content of the DB? > > Any help is much appreciated. Please feel free to email me. > > Sincerely, > Howard > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
