Hotcopy multiple database

Theo_Kersten

I created a parameter-file for hotcopy in order to backup multiple databases. But when I run hotcopy an error appears:
'The number of source database files do not equal the number of physical database files available'.

My parameter-file looks like:

[backup files]
d:\data\navisiondb-dli\nav5-dli.fdb=d:\data\copytest
d:\data\navisiondb-wrs\nav5-wrs.fdb=d:\data\copytest
[options]
description="test BU"
dbtest=minimum
cc=no
email=xxxxxxxxxxx
user=xxxxxx
osauthentication=no
nettype=tcp

Does anybody have a clue what the problem might be?

kriki

A hotcopy must be done PER DB. You cannot hotcopy multiple DB's at once.
You must also exactly define the DB-files (OF THE SAME DB) to be hotcopied).

Theo_Kersten

But the part of the Navision documentation about [Backup files] mentions multiple databases. What is meant by that?

Theo_Kersten

Excuse me, it mentions database files. But the question remains, what is meant by that?

Luc_VanDyck

If you have a large database, you can split this big database into multiple smaller ones, and spread them over different disks. Then you'll end up with multiple databases: c:\data\mydatabase1.fdb, d:\data\mydatabase2.fdb, e:\data\mydatabase3.fdb etc. This is one database (you only need 1 server) but physically it is split in multiple files.