Mainstream support for W2K3 ended 3 years ago, but extended support ends 7-14-2015. That means they'll continue to release security updates for it until then.
-John -----Original Message----- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Phil Walker Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 2:56 PM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] REPLICATING DATA [OT] I did not think Windows Server 2003 was still supported by Microsoft.... -----Original Message----- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Ard956 Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2013 7:27 a.m. To: U2 Users List Cc: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] REPLICATING DATA We are on Windows Server 2003. Sent from my iPad On Sep 3, 2013, at 1:45 PM, Wols Lists <antli...@youngman.org.uk> wrote: > On 03/09/13 18:33, Ard956 wrote: >> and we would keep replication in place as a DR solution. > What OS are you on? > > Given that, I'd be inclined to use rsync - DBPAUSE the database to > make sure it's quiescent, run an rsync, and then bring the database back. > > Dunno what the Windows equivalent of rsync is, but if you're backing > up across machines, rsync tries to not copy stuff that hasn't changed. > > Cheers, > Wol >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Sep 3, 2013, at 1:30 PM, Ard956 <ard...@optonline.net> wrote: >> >>> We are moving our servers to a new colo and wanted to replicate from the server in the old colo to the one in the new colo and then flip over to the new server one weekend. Looking to have minimal down time. >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On Sep 3, 2013, at 12:26 PM, Baker Hughes <baker.hug...@mouser.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Andrea - are you wanting to replicate for the purposes of having a warm backup as DR solution, or for reporting from, or some (what) other purpose? >>>> >>>> This question will dictate the strategy and what tools to employ. We copied the entire db every night to a hot system for Business Analysis. That was put in place before EDA was available. >>>> >>>> You could spend a lot of resources and time cobbling a 'replication solution' into place, while trying to dodge an upgrade... and perhaps spend more and have less satisfactory results than proceeding with standard methodology (upgrade to get the new toolset). >>>> >>>> HTH. >>>> -Baker >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org >>>> [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Ard956 >>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 11:19 AM >>>> To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org >>>> Subject: [U2] REPLICATING DATA >>>> >>>> Does anyone do replication with a tool outside of the U2 toolbox? We are on UV 10.2.10 which does not support UV replication. We have no plans to upgrade at this time but need a backup for our Universe server. Our database is about 180GB. >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> >>>> Andrea Dente >>>> Taylored Services > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users