Hi Scott, It does look like I'm on the right tack because I've got six replies within an hour of my post.
Of the information that you've sought, I only know that the OS is AIX 4.3. The app was to be migrated to AIX 5.0 but the developer at the time advised against it. So a new app written in Progress was created to replace it. The old AIX 4.3 has since been maintained with the UniVerse app and data on it, but we use it only to do inquiry on some old data that was not migrated. Regards, Howard Wong Asset Management 416-784-8728 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Scott Richardson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 10:11 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] Re: migration of old UV application on old Unix Server being replaced 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/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
