Nic wrote:
> first. MS does state, tho, that you can't backup on one machine and
> restore on another machine, which to me is damn pointless!
Indeed.
> http://www.winsite.com/info/pc/winnt/miscutil/metabaseport.exe/
>
> extracts the metabase and schema into its own format, and allows you to
> reinstall it. If you are going from 1 machine to 1 machine, I'd say it
> works perfectly (or close enough). 2 to 1 and your stuffed.
Any idea what "metabase_key" the utility requires? Tried the
machine name, but it just gave "failed, failed, failed".
> I can't see why MS didn't provide a method to back it up - I would have
> given my right testical for a text-based setup on this one, at the time -
> being that NT is no where near stable enough to be left to its own
> devices.
One of their Tech notes refers to Metaedit.exe on the NT
Resource kit -- can't find it tho -- if any one has it and can email
to me personally, would greatly appreciate it.
cheers,
peter
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