Hotcopy multiple database

Theo_Kersten
Theo_Kersten Member Posts: 35
edited 2007-10-03 in NAV/Navision Classic Client
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?

Answers

  • kriki
    kriki Member, Moderator Posts: 9,132
    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).
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  • Theo_Kersten
    Theo_Kersten Member Posts: 35
    But the part of the Navision documentation about [Backup files] mentions multiple databases. What is meant by that?
  • Theo_Kersten
    Theo_Kersten Member Posts: 35
    Excuse me, it mentions database files. But the question remains, what is meant by that?
  • Luc_VanDyck
    Luc_VanDyck Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 3,633
    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.
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