Moving Instances

[M45HY]

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

[allistar]

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.

[M45HY]

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

[alanvl]

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