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Re: 12 GB Database Export

From: Axel Stahl <stahl_at_pdg-online.de>
Date: 2000/05/30
Message-ID: <8h2nmr$2n9h$3@news.gigabell.net>#1/1

Hello Van,

thanks a lot to You, too for Your kind answer. You are right, they don't run 24/7 and I'll have to do it on off hours.

Thank You for Your answer.

Axel

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Van Messner <vmessner_at_bestweb.net> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
8jYY4.404$YY2.51578_at_newshog.newsread.com...

> Many Novell systems don't run 24/7 so you may have a window available to
you
> (weekend evening?) where you could take the users off and do smaller
> schema-by-schema exports and imports. Unless everything is in one big
> schema.
>
> Van
>
>
> <asokol99_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:8h0n84$dhg$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> > I'm not sure about NT, but check document 62409.1 in Oracle Metalink
> > which discusses 2GB file limits on Sun Solaris.
> > There might be some links to docs on file limits on NT.
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > In article <8h0djc$1o5s$1_at_news.gigabell.net>,
> > "Axel Stahl" <stahl_at_pdg-online.de> wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I need to export a 12 GB Database from a Novell 3.12
> > > / Oracle 7.2 Server to a NT Oracle 8.1 Database.
> > >
> > > I will have to export the DB from the Novell-Server
> > > over the network to another computer's harddisk
> > > because there is no possibility to add harddisk to the
> > > Novell server.
> > > I testet the export with a commandline utility (exp72.exe)
> > > which does the export.
> > > This testexport was done with a small DB (some Megabytes)
> > > to a win95 client and it worked well.
> > > Then I tested the big database to export this way but
> > > ater 2 GB's of exporting to a dumpfile on the win95 client
> > > there came an error message (error reading file blabla...)
> > > I supposed that is because of the win95-filesystem (Fat32 - I thought
> > > must make at least 4 GB to one file) so now I'd like to try it with
> > > NT wrkst. with NTFS filesystem.
> > > But before I do this I'd like to ask You if You think that this will
work,
> > > I have concerns because the old exp72 utility seems to be
> > > a 16bit Programm and I don't know if it can handle
> > > over 2 GB of one file.
> > > Second is if there are problems doing this with a IDE/EIDE
> > > Harddisk (new harddisk, 15 GB capacitiy).
> > >
> > > It would be very kind if you could give me some hint(s).
> > >
> > > Thank You,
> > >
> > > Axel
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
>
Received on Tue May 30 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT

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