From: Matteo M. <mo...@li...> - 2011-06-24 10:12:10
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Ok, thanks! Il 24/06/11 11:55, Patrick van Kleef ha scritto: > 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 > > . > |