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Hi Guys,

Is there a way in which instances can be moved from one data structure to an exact replica on another server without doing a roll forward?
For example, if data from a dataset has been deleted from one server (Server A), and a backup has been put on another server (Server B) before the data was deleted, is it possible to extract the instances from the dataset on Server B and load it into the same dataset on Server A? Or is the only option to roll forward to the date before the data was deleted?

Thanks
Omash

Assuming you don't want to (or can't) roll forward, the only other option I can think of is to implement export/import routines. This could be easy or difficult depending on the nature of the data.

Hi allistar,

The thing is that, in my case, Server A is the Live Server and Server B is the Test Server and as a precaution I didn't want any unexpected coding to be overwritten if I rolled forward. I did think of an export/import routine but because the dataset is so big, I was hoping of an easy way around.

Not to worry. I suppose sometimes there is no easy way around

Thanks anyway

If the reason for not doing the roll forward is that there may have been code changes, are you in the position to be able to do a full code extract?

If so, you could:
- do the full extract
- do the restore / roll forward
- load the extracted code over the top