Paul Buckle
New Member
Hi All,
I am new to Progress, having worked extensively on Oracle for the last few years, so I have a few questions.
1. I want to make a copy of our production database, named: LIVE, and place the working copy onto a different server and call it TEST. I understand that the PROCOPY utility will copy the database, but I cannot find any documentation on the utility or it's limits. Does anyone have a link, or can anyone point me in the right direction? My ultimate goal is to somewhat automate this process using a batch file.
2. Can a copy of the database be done while the source database is running? Also, if I am copying the LIVE environment onto a TEST environment, will I need to shut down the TEST database before beginning the copy? I guess the option here would be to include start and stop commands in the batch file for both servers.
3. Does anyone have any detailed information on after-image? I am particularly keen to know how similar it is in principle to Oracle's archive logging, and get an idea of how easy it is to setup and manage.
These are all things I would like to get implemented quickly, so any help would be gratefully received.
Thanks,
Paul
I am new to Progress, having worked extensively on Oracle for the last few years, so I have a few questions.
1. I want to make a copy of our production database, named: LIVE, and place the working copy onto a different server and call it TEST. I understand that the PROCOPY utility will copy the database, but I cannot find any documentation on the utility or it's limits. Does anyone have a link, or can anyone point me in the right direction? My ultimate goal is to somewhat automate this process using a batch file.
2. Can a copy of the database be done while the source database is running? Also, if I am copying the LIVE environment onto a TEST environment, will I need to shut down the TEST database before beginning the copy? I guess the option here would be to include start and stop commands in the batch file for both servers.
3. Does anyone have any detailed information on after-image? I am particularly keen to know how similar it is in principle to Oracle's archive logging, and get an idea of how easy it is to setup and manage.
These are all things I would like to get implemented quickly, so any help would be gratefully received.
Thanks,
Paul