UUCP is definitely old-fashioned. The best approach (in my opinion) is to NFS mount the file systems from the production server onto the test server, then use some utility to copy the raw files over. We use cpio.
The syntax is something like this (run on the test server): mount -r ProductionServer:/u1 /mnt cd /mnt rm -r /u1/* find . -depth -print | cpio -pd /u1 Runs fast, works like a charm. The only caveat is that the cpio is oblivious to UV access to the data files, and if they are large and people are accessing the files while the cpio is running, you will run the risk of GFE's. We've got about 50GB worth of data, and I run it at night and we don't have any problems. It seems to take an hour or so to complete. I'm not sure why, but sometimes the indexes need to be rebuilt on the test server when it's all done. If you really, really need to get past the live access/GFE issue with a monster file or two, I'd suggest turning off the flag that prevents NFS access to files without UVNet, then create an empty file the test server, fiddle up a VOC entry for the live file and use the UV COPY command to pull the records over. Finally, the toughest part about setting it up is sorting through the security stuff to get the NFS mount to work. It's tough enough to do in Unix, beats me how you do it in AIX. Dave Barrett Project Manager, Lawyers' Professional Indemnity Company (LAWPRO®) 250 Yonge Street, Suite 3101, P.O. Box 3 Toronto, Ontario M5B 2L7 Tel: 416-598-5872 Fax: 416-599-8341 This e-mail may be privileged and/or confidential, and the sender does not waive any related rights and obligations. Any distribution, use or copying of this e-mail or the information it contains by other than an intended recipient is unauthorized. If you received this e-mail in error, please delete it and advise me (by return e-mail or otherwise) immediately. Ce courrier électronique est confidentiel et protégé. L'expéditeur ne renonce pas aux droits et obligations qui s'y rapportent. Toute diffusion, utilisation ou copie de ce message ou des renseignements qu'il contient par une personne autre que le (les) destinataire(s) désigné(s) est interdite. Si vous recevez ce courrier électronique par erreur, veuillez le supprimer et m'en aviser immédiatement, par retour de courrier électronique ou par un autre moyen. _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
