Thanks for this. Unidata for Windows does come with some transitioning/migration tools which check for path errors and problems caused by the loss of case-sensitivity, and so on.
Many thanks, Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Houben <robert.hou...@fwic.net> To: Richard Conway <rich...@rlcnet.co.uk>, U2 Users List <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Tuesday Tuesday 09 November 2010 23:25:49 Subject: [U2] Upgrading and Migrating from Unix to Windows Hi Richard, We have both a Relational Data Access Server and a "Direct" Data Access Server that are written in fairly generic PICK/BASIC but with specific subroutines to do platform-specific stuff. We run on pretty well all MV platforms including Unidata, Universe, PI/Open and even some very old Universe versions, both on Windows and *nix (Unidata on Dec Vax, even.) We do this with a single code base for all platforms. Until you decide that you want to know a specific process number, work with pipes and O/S files and other things like that, the BASIC code is not only interoperable, but if the version is even remotely close, you don't normally have to even compile. That said, I'd compile just to be safe. Check your code for any place where you run a command shell program or call an O/S specific function. Also check for any pattern in a string that contains forward slashes. Your peripherals are a different matter altogether... Good luck! -----Original Message----- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Richard Conway Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 3:15 PM To: 'U2 Users List' Subject: Re: [U2] Upgrading and Migrating from Unix to Windows Thanks for that, I hadn't actually downloaded it at that point and I didn't see it elsewhere on their web site. My main concern is how the existing data and programs written in Unibasic actually handle the move from a Unix environment to a Windows one. I know there is at least one call to a Unix function that will fail, but I'm not sure about generally how interoperable the two environments are. Has anyone tried anything like this? If so, what are the most likely/obvious pitfalls? Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: Glorfield, Gordon <gglorfi...@vertisinc.com> To: "'U2 Users List'" <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Monday Monday 08 November 2010 19:23:21 Subject: [U2] Upgrading and Migrating from Unix to Windows "Along with being limited to two users, the UniData and UniVerse Personal Editions also have an eight-process limit and a limitation of modulo 10007 assigned to a file. Also, the following add-ons do not function: Connection Pooling, EDA, NFA, RFS, UV/Net." Right off of Rocket's U2 downloads page. -----Original Message----- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Bob Woodward Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 2:08 PM To: Richard Conway; U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Upgrading and Migrating from Unix to Windows I think the size limit is something like a modulo of 10009 or there abouts, if memory serves me right. It's been a long time. You should be able to get the limitations from Rocket. -----Original Message----- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Richard Conway Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 10:30 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] Upgrading and Migrating from Unix to Windows What are the file size restrictions with PE? Is there a comprehensive list of the restrictions present in PE anywhere that I can read/download? Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Woodward <bob_woodw...@k2sports.com> To: "Richard Conway" <rich...@rlcnet.co.uk>, "U2 Users List" <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Monday Monday 08 November 2010 18:20:24 Subject: [U2] Upgrading and Migrating from Unix to Windows I think, at the very least, you're probably going to have an issue with the PE version limiting your file sizes. -----Original Message----- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Richard Conway Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 5:00 AM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] Upgrading and Migrating from Unix to Windows I am about to try to upgrade an old Unidata server running Unidata 3.x on SGI Irix, to another machine running Windows Server 2003. I am going to set up the Windows box with Unidata 7.2.7 PE initially. Has anyone tried such a drastic move? What is the best upgrade path to try? Unidata 3.x on Irix to Unidata 7 on Linux, then on to Unidata 7 on Windows? Or would a single jump upgrade actually work, with the help of vocupgrade and PATHSUB? 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