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Showcfg revealed: Product Name: Fathom Repl Plus Looks like we could use that to build our new database, ready for upgrading by whichever method will be quicker. We should try both methods first. We've tried dump and load before though, and even just one of the bigger tables in the main...

Hi Rob, Thank you for your very helpful reply. Which of the two methods would take the least time? That sounds good, because we wouldn't have to wait while we do a backup and restore. The bad news is that the data is not in storage areas, its mostly all in the schema area. To move it...

Hi, We have Progress 9.10E on a Windows x64 Server 2003R2 VMware 5.1 machine. We plan to upgrade to Openedge 10.2B which is currently installed on a Windows Server 2008R2 VMware 5.1 machine. The main constraint on this project is that downtime must be as short as possible, because we operate...

I will ask the question. We are also using Fathom replication on this system, so disaster recovery would involve failing over to the target server. We do restore the backups to another server occasionally which is then used for test purposes. AI files are archived off every 8 hours to a...

OK, I understand. But they did show that we have a high IOPs requirement, during backup times, and that did fit in with user experience, leading to the conclusion that the hardware isn't up to the job. That may not be the correct conclusion, because with careful examination and reconfiguration...

Hi, I will ask about SP 6 & 7. I understand what you're saying about resources, but I thought what you were going to say is that the vendor tool would be biased towards an analysis which recommended more powerful hardware! The main thing this analysis has shown is that the hardware iops...

Hi, I think we have the code on site, but we don't have the skills to compile it. I will ask the app vendor directly why we're not using v11, but yes, I have asked for support and advice re hardware, and am following that direction in that he has advised VMware and a SAN. Thanks Steve

Hi Cringer, I would certainly upgrade to the latest version if I could. Unfortunately that's outside of my control, and the application provider is working with 10.2. Cheers Steve

Hi, We are running an application based on Progress 9.10E SP4 Its sitting on a Windows 2003 R2 64bit server. This Dell server has a mirrored pair of disks for the OS, and a RAID 10 array of 8 disks for the Progress installation and databases. There's 8GB RAM and a pair of Xeon E5410s running at...

Thanks for your help Steve

Hi If the programs are running from a server, would the source code itself have to stay on the server in order for it to work properly, or can it be kept on the developer's machine? Can the rcode be decompiled to give an editable source code? By the way, I'm asking about Progress 9.10E and...

Hi, I know very little about programming in Progress 4GL. Can somebody give me an overview about how the code is translated into programs? Is it compiled into executable files and then installed onto a machine (as a C++ program would be, for example), or does it run without further compilation...

Hi, Will Symantec Backup Exec DB Agent work with Progress? By that I mean will it back up databases without shutting them down or calling a Progress backup function. Progress 10 and 9.1E running on Windows Server 2008 and 2003 respectively. Backup Exec 2012 agent for applications and databases...

Guys, Thanks for your help. It will help to go back to the app providers and work with them on this, but it should be possible! Cheers Steve

Hi, What would be the best way to go about using ODBC to retrieve images stored in a Progress 9.10E database? I would want to use for example a VB app or a php web page to get the image and display it. Is there a standard Progress method for storing images (these are scanned images by the way)...