moving backing store from 5.5.2 to 6.1

hitc

I have a server A (solaris 5.5.2 SP4) and a server B (solaris 6.1 SP1).
I want to move the backing-store from A to B.B is a new installation so the backing-store is empty.
A and B are using the same set of uids and gids

Can I just tar the backing store from A and put it on B?Since they have the same backing store,or is there another way to do it?

Thx

Dwayne

I'm fairly certain that this should be OK. The format of the content store (IWOV doesn't like to use 'backing store' any more - something to do with the acronym, I think ) hasn't changed significantly between 5.5.2 and 6.1. If this were Windows (or if your UID/GIDs were different) you'd need to use iwidmap, but I don't think you'll even need to do that.

This process is not reversable, however. You cannot move a 6.x store into a 5.5.2 installation. Even though the format hasn't changed, activating the store in a 6.x environment sets a version number flag in the store, that 5.5.2 doesn't recognize, so it will refuse to activate it.

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