Take a look at EasyDNS. I use that to maintain my OpenSourceVistA.net file server on a dynamic IP and it works quickly and nicely. There are free alternatives which I have not tried as this was recommended by a trusted source, and he seem to have been correct! The failures have been my ISP or my server or my power, not EasyDNS.
On Tuesday 13 September 2005 01:07 pm, Dr. Schrom wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Send Hardhats-members mailing list submissions to > hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Hardhats-members digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. RE: Re: VistA installation and backups (Cameron Schlehuber) > 2. Re: VistA installation and backups (James Gray) > >--__--__-- > >Message: 1 >From: "Cameron Schlehuber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net> >Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] Re: VistA installation and backups >Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 20:09:11 -0600 >Reply-To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > >Ah, but using KIDS to move what you mean to move means you always have a >record of what you've installed/changed in production. Better to know = >what >you've changed in production than to change something and forget what it >was! > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg >Kreis >Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 5:30 PM >To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Re: VistA installation and backups > >Indeed.=A0 This seems the most ideal, but I guess there may be = >constraints >precluding this approach.=A0 If it was me, I'd definitely opt for this = >since >moving KIDs back and forth would be a sure way to 'forget something' and >then you spend time debugging what is not really supposed to be a = >problem. > >Kevin Toppenberg wrote:=20 >Why not create a secure connection so that you can work on the system >from home. I.e. via SSH? > >Kevin > > >On 9/12/05, K.S. Bhaskar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > =20 >Are you talking about VistA on GT.M or Cache (and I would presume >Windows vs. Linux for the latter). > >With GT.M, setting up a VistA configuration on one machine and moving it >another would be operationally trivial (you would need to presumably >rename the second machine). That's how I create the OpenVistA SemiVivA >releases. It takes a few minutes and a few shell commands, but that's >all. > >Taking a database + routines snapshot of a live (i.e., operational) >VistA machine (which I don't do) would also be pretty straightforward. > >-- Bhaskar > >On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 15:08 -0500, Dr. Schrom wrote: > =20 >If the release of VOE is 'on hold' (like Kevin's thought about big >money =20 >from private EMR vendors), I guess I'm going back to work on >installing =20 >FOIA VistA. Two questions I haven't found addressed in the archives: > >1. Is there a way to install VistA and then package that >installation =20 >and copy it to another machine? For example to install it on a >machine =20 >in my office but burn a disk to take the 'installation' home (or move >it =20 >to a laptop for the same purpose) to work on it at home, and do the =20 >reverse the next day? There are so many steps in configuring VistA >that =20 >I have not managed to replicate the same installation on two >different =20 >computers. I would like to keep the 'production' machine in one >place, =20 >but I'd get yelled at if I stayed in the office all night working on =20 >VistA, and I can't get much done between patients during the day. > >2. Which VistA directory or directories should be a part of a daily =20 >backup? 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(James Lane Allen) > > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 2 >From: "James Gray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net> >Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] VistA installation and backups >Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:53:09 -0600 >Reply-To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > >What you suggest would be fairly easy if you are using Cache on Windows. I >do not know how easy it would be with GT.M. or Linux. > >Jim Gray > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dr. Schrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net> >Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 2:08 PM >Subject: [Hardhats-members] VistA installation and backups > >>If the release of VOE is 'on hold' (like Kevin's thought about big money >>from private EMR vendors), I guess I'm going back to work on installing >>FOIA VistA. Two questions I haven't found addressed in the archives: >> >>1. Is there a way to install VistA and then package that installation and >>copy it to another machine? For example to install it on a machine in my >>office but burn a disk to take the 'installation' home (or move it to a >>laptop for the same purpose) to work on it at home, and do the reverse the >>next day? There are so many steps in configuring VistA that I have not >>managed to replicate the same installation on two different computers. I >>would like to keep the 'production' machine in one place, but I'd get >>yelled at if I stayed in the office all night working on VistA, and I >>can't get much done between patients during the day. >> >>2. Which VistA directory or directories should be a part of a daily >>backup? Would a 'restore' from that backup serve re: #1? >> >>Mike Schrom >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------- >>SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO >>September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle >>Practices >>Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA >>Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf >>_______________________________________________ >>Hardhats-members mailing list >>Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > >--__--__-- > >_______________________________________________ >Hardhats-members mailing list >Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > >End of Hardhats-members Digest My current, shaky installation is under Cache/Windows but I'm planning on using Linux/GT.M. Unfortunately VPN hasn't proven to be a viable option, my ISP doesn't provide static IP addresses (at least not at a price I can justify). My attempts to connect via the leased IP address I get from IPCONFIG before I leave at night fails, and the next morning I find that the address has changed. I'm pleased to hear that it is possible to move the installation. The KIDS method (which I know next to nothing about) sounds interesting since it seems to allow for a trail of incremental builds that can be used to abandon failed steps. I'm not ready to do it yet but I'll ask for help when the time comes. 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