Re: [Virtuoso-users] Virtuoso Open-Source Edition, Version 6.1.3

[Patrick v. K. <pk...@op...>]

Hi Matteo,

> I am running a virtuoso OSE 6.1.2 on an old box, and now
> I am in the process to move the data on a newer machine, and maybe  
> it's time to upgrade to 6.1.3.
>
> Is it possible to move the database files (or perform the backup  
> with the instructions at [2])
> and get the newer machine run on the old data?
>
> I read at the page [1] that the only "problem" regards the  
> transaction logs, is it right?
>
> Thanks,
> Matteo Moci
>
> [1] http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/dataspace/dav/wiki/Main/UpgradingToVOS610#Upgrading 
>  to a newer VOS 6.1.x from an earlier VOS 6.1.x
> [2] http://docs.openlinksw.com/virtuoso/backup.html
>

Correct.

There is no conversion or backup/restore needed to go from VOS 6.1.2  
to 6.1.3 except to make sure
that you have shutdown your database with the 6.1.2 binary. If there  
is a virtuoso.trx file with a non-zero length, the 6.1.3 executable  
will fail to start.

The database file itself is machine independent, so after you have  
done a shutdown of the database, you can copy it direct to the new  
machine and start it with the new 6.1.3 executable.

Patrick