MIGRATE ALIAS

MIGRATE ALIAS

Use the MIGRATE ALIAS command to migrate alias pro￿les from NS to ARP A in the AliasDB ￿le on the clien t. You can choose the automatic option to migrate all pro￿les or the manual option which prompts you for the serv er node name of each pro￿le. To use the automatic option, this command must be used before installing HP-UX 10.0 on the client and/or the serv er.

If you execute MIGRATE ALIAS VERBOSE, all diagnostic information written to the log ￿le will also appear on the screen. See the description of the log ￿le belo w.

MIGRATE ALIAS can be abbreviated to MA. MIGRA TE ALIAS VERBOSE can be abbreviated to MAV.

You must be logged on as MANA GER.SYS or have SM capability to execute this command.

NETUtil Syntax

netutil=> MIGRATE ALIAS [VERBOSE]

 

 

y

es

3 ￿

Automatic Migration (y/n)? ￿ n2 o

 

Alias Name : testdb

2

 

3

 

Current Server Node Name : ServerNodeName

New

Server Node Name (NewServerNodeName) : ServerNodeName

Migrate profile (y/n)? y

 

 

 

Parameters

 

 

 

 

ServerNodeName

is the name of the serv er you want to access. You should enter the

 

 

ARPA host name here. If a v alue for (ServerNodeName(ARPA

 

 

value)) is displayed, you may press 4Return5 to select that value.

Description

MIGRATE ALIAS only targets alias pro￿les where clien t and/or server is a HP9000 S700 or S800 and the datacomm t ype is NS. In addition, MIGRA TE ALIAS will alert y ou if any alias pro￿les specify a mac hine type of HP 9000 S300 or S400. The use of a HP 9000 S300 and S400 as a serv er is not supported in the ALLBASE/SQL G.0 release.

MIGRATE ALIAS prompts y ou to select a migration option, either automatic or man ual:

automatic - All targeted alias pro￿les will be c hanged automatically . The datacomm t ype will be changed from NS to ARPA and the NS node name entry for Server Node Name will be changed to an ARPA host name. To use MIGRATE ALIAS with the automatic option, do the follo wing:

1.Do the migration before installing HP-UX 10.0 on the clien t and/or server, otherwise only manual migration can be used.

2.Install patc h release phne 2288 and phne 3502 on HP-UX.

3.Make sure remote loopbac k is enabled on all serv ers.

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