I shut everything down, and the copy worked fine. I am now able to launch into either database and they are separate. I should have known that. I'm going to have to hit that GT.M system's admin book again!
Thanks so much. Kevin On 9/17/05, Kevin Toppenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bhaskar, > > You are correct. I just used a cp command. I'll shut the processes > down (i.e. the RPC listener and taskman) and try to copy it again. > > Thanks > Kevin > > > On 9/17/05, K.S. Bhaskar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kevin -- > > > > I think Greg is on the right track. Did you use a Linux cp command to > > copy a database file that was in active use or did you use mupip backup > > command? The following will not give you a usable copy unless the > > database is not in use. > > > > If you did indeed make a copy of a database that was open with a Linux > > cp (or other Linux command), you will need to delete your copy and > > replace it with a fresh copy made with (a) mupip backup, or (b) the > > Linux cp command when all processes are out of the database. > > > > If this is not the case, let's start troubleshooting in more detail. > > > > -- Bhaskar > > > > On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 12:11 -0500, Gregory Woodhouse wrote: > > > Was GT.M running when you did the copy? It sounds as if a region of > > > shared memory was never released. > > > > > > === > > > Gregory Woodhouse > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > "It is foolish to answer a question that > > > you do not understand." > > > --G. Polya ("How to Solve It") > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > > Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. > > Download > > it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own > > Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php > > _______________________________________________ > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members