Jason

I notice no-one has replied to this. I'm not surprised...

Please don't take this the wrong way, but the best advice would be - if you
claim to know zero about UniVerse, unless it is a really tiny system with no
users don't do this yourself. 

Replatforming an existing system is not a job I would give to someone who
doesn't know this technology intimately, especially when it involves a
change in architecture. There are significant differences between UniVerse
on Windows and UniVerse on UNIX in terms of device handling, spooler and, of
course, path and login access.

UniVerse is a complete application environment, not just a simple database
like Oracle or SQL Server: you can't lift up the data from one system, put
it on another and expect the applications to work. As a minimum you need to
transfer the accounts using a tool like uvbackup/uvrestore; remove, recreate
and rebuild all the indices; recompile the dictionaries; check whether any
file pointers use paths to access remote files; recompile and recatalog all
the programs; ensure that the account pointers are set up in the UV account;
create users with correct permissions and login settings; set up all the
printers, terminal type definitions, peripherals and file system security;
resolve any issues from upgrading the accounts to a newer version of
UniVerse; ensure that any external interfaces (e.g. ODBC, OleDB) are
configured and ensure there are holes in the firewall for telnet, rexec and
UniObjects middlewares. And configure UniVerse tunables like the rotating
file pool, and UVTEMP.  It is also a useful opportunity to do some file
tuning.

It is not trivial. Seriously, get some expert help. There are plenty of
people who can do this quickly and affordably and it will save you some
serious heartache.

Regards,

Brian
 

> -----Original Message-----
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> Jason Englander
> Sent: 03 August 2006 20:03
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [U2] Win to Lin Universe migration
> 
> Just wondering if anyone had tidbits of info that they might 
> like to share before I attempt to migrate an old Windows 
> NT-based (Intel) Ardent Universe to a new Linux-based (Intel) 
> IBM Universe.  I have absolutely zero knowledge of or 
> experience with actually using Universe beyond what I've read 
> in the PDFs, and a some posts to this list.
> 
> TIA,
>    Jason
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