I don't know if fixtool works the same way as fnuxi used to, but when I ran it (and I apologize for not mentioning it earlier), it would run forever, as you're seeing now, when going through the file. Since the header was the only thing that had issues, I found that I could do:
fnuxi FILENAME and then after about 15 seconds, just hit CTRL-C and terminate the fnuxi process. Then I could do DEFINE.DF . . . . and the file was back up. Since you've lost 13 hours already, I don't know if I'd attempt a break. It might just finish in 2 more minutes... Karl <quote who="Sirulnick, Steve"> > Thank you for all your emails. I will even get more specific so I don't > waste your time. When trying to run a REBUILD.DF, it could not read or > find > the header. When I tried to remove the header and tried to DEFINE.DF, I > got > a message saying that the partblocks were bad. This is when I used the > fixtool utility on the first set of distributed files. I was then able to > perform a DEFINE.DF and recreate my data. This was the first set, > however. > The second set of data is still running under fixtool but it has been > running for almost 13 hours on only one distributed file (I have 9 more to > go!). > > Of course, this is a test in preparation for the live migration; however, > I > will not have that kind of downtime when performing the migration. If I > can > do something better, I would like to know. > > Many Thanks! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sirulnick, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 1:03 PM > To: 'u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org' > Subject: RE: [U2] System Migration issues > > Here's more information: I am using universe and ran fnuxi (transferring > in > binary mode is a given). I have also tried removing the file header with > no > joy. I've tried to rebuild the header, but the partfiles were "damaged." > It > could be because the algorithm may have been different from one system to > the other when trying to rebuild. Even so, is there a quicker way of > repairing the file headers so they can be rebuild or created again? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 10:36 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] System Migration issues > > You didn't say which U2 product, which makes all the difference in the > world for this answer. So, because I know a bit of this on Universe, I'll > target my answer at that DBMS. > > My experience with distributed file transfers is that FTP is fine. > HOWEVER, when the file is on the new system, you must run fnuxi on the > file before doing anything else. Fnuxi clears the distributed parts out of > the file header, thus making it a standard hashed file again. So, the main > file has to be removed and then the file re-distributed. The Partfile > algorithm is hard-coded in each file's header as is the absolute path to > each partfile. > > HTH > > Karl > > > <quote who="Sirulnick, Steve"> >> I am migrating an old AIX server running U2 to RH Linux. Because of the >> server's limitations, I need to transfer files between the two devices >> via >> FTP and then converting the files for Linux use. After doing so, my >> distributed files are getting corrupted. It looks like the IBM provided >> fixtool utility repairs the files, but it's taking way too long for my >> larger distributed files. Making a HUGE assumption that it's the file >> transfer responsible for the file corruption, is there a preferred >> method >> for copying data files? >> >> >> >> Steve >> ------- >> u2-users mailing list >> u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org >> To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ >> > > > -- > karl > > _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ ____________ __o > _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ ____________ _-\<._ > _/_/ _/ _/_/_/ (_)/ (_) > _/ _/ _/ _/ ...................... > _/ _/ arl _/_/_/ _/ earson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > IT Director, ATS Industrial Supply, Inc. > http://www.atsindustrial.com > Toll-free: 800-789-9300 x29 > Direct2Desk: 801-978-4429 > Facsimile: 801-972-3888 > -- > ------- > 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/ > -- karl _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ ____________ __o _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ ____________ _-\<._ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/ (_)/ (_) _/ _/ _/ _/ ...................... _/ _/ arl _/_/_/ _/ earson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- IT Director, ATS Industrial Supply, Inc. http://www.atsindustrial.com Toll-free: 800-789-9300 x29 Direct2Desk: 801-978-4429 Facsimile: 801-972-3888 -- ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
