Hi Bob, Post migration, one thing for consideration might be user education regarding the new use of their workstation/PC? No more will the user just be able to re-boot it when it freezes etc or shut it down each night at home-o'clock. Cheers Peter
On 19/11/13 05:55, Woodward, Bob wrote: > Oh, I'd always say go for more memory. Especially if there are other > Windows apps that are going to be used on that computer. As to the > locking, the normal record locks inside of UV once it's moved. Just do > a simple edit of a record on the workstation, then from another > workstation, edit the same record. If there is a problem, the > workstation hosting UV is probably not locking the records. When I saw > the problem, it was because the workstation was accessing UV through the > C: drive, which was local, of course. To fix it, you have to map a > network drive and ONLY use the network drive on that workstation. The > idea was that local drives didn't NEED to be locked since it's a single > user OS. At least that's the way it was explained to me. Come to think > of it, Win7 may not even maintain a network locking table. Remember, I > said I did this on a PE version where I was pretty much the only user. > > BobW > > -----Original Message----- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of George Gallen > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 11:38 AM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] moving UV from one server to another (windows) > > Locking issues once UV is running on the Windows 7 machine, or locking > issues caused by Copying over the data and overwriting the fresh > install? > > This won't be a heavily used system (3 or 4 users maximum and even then > should be too taxing). > > Should they max out the memory on the PC it's going to be installed on? > Or is 4gb fine? > > George > > -----Original Message----- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Woodward, Bob > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 2:28 PM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] moving UV from one server to another (windows) > > One of the things you may need to watch real careful would be locking. > Especially on the workstation that is hosting UV. Then, as long as all > the drive letters are the same as on the server, everything should be > okay. Of course, YMMV but I've done this type of swapping on my home > network with the personal edition a number of years ago. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of George Gallen > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 11:04 AM > To: U2 Users > Subject: [U2] moving UV from one server to another (windows) > > Had someone ask me this question. They are downsizing their PC's > > They have UV currently installed on a Windows Server PC - and each of > the PC's using wintergate to access it. > This server is having some issues, so they want to move UV off of it, > and have it run on one of their "client" PC Running windows 7. > > My thought was that you would install UV on that PC, Then (with the > services off), copy the file structure from The Server to the PC. > Assuming the all the folders are named the same on both systems for the > install. And of Course remove UV from the Server once all it good. > > Should this be all that would be needed? > > Will UV function on a Windows 7 PC? > Can it be used as working PC - as well as be a UV server? > > Everything I've heard says it should run by itself - but - can it run on > a PC as background service? > > George Gallen > Senior Programmer/Analyst > Accounting/Data Division, EDI Administrator ggal...@wyanokegroup.com > ph:856.848.9005 Ext 220 > The Wyanoke Group > http://www.wyanokegroup.com<http://www.wyanokegroup.com/> > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: This email (inc all attachments) is for the use of the intended recipient(s) only. 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