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Title:The Replication Option for Rdb
Notice:Product renamed to Replication Option for Rdb
Moderator:BROKE::PROTEAU
Created:Wed Mar 02 1994
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:287
Total number of notes:1231

264.0. "What versions of Rdb are supported?" by BROKE::BASTINE () Tue Jan 28 1997 16:15

I have a customer who called asking about DDD.  They want to know if DDD 
will work to replicate a 4.2 Rdb database to Rdb V7.0.  According to the
6.0 installation guide, it specifies Rdb 6.0 as a requirement, but doesn't
state whether that is a source or target, or both for that matter.

I assume they would be using DDD V7.0, so what versions of RDB for transfers
does it support?  I would be looking for both sources and targets.

Thanks,
Renee
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264.14.2 Rdb goes with 2.4 VDDBROKE::PROTEAUJean-Claude ProteauWed Jan 29 1997 07:1225
    
    The requirements refer to what version of Rdb is needed on the machine
    where the Replication Option is installed.  Usually the version of a
    remote Rdb site doesn't matter.
    
    In the case of REPLICATION transfers, the Replication Option must be
    installed and run on the same machine or cluster as the source Rdb
    database.
    
    Taking these two things into account, the Replication Option version
    needed to REPLICATE from a 4.2 Rdb source is VDD 2.4.  If the customer
    already has VDD 2.4, s/he should be able to replciate data to a remote
    Rdb 7.1 database.  At least I'm unaware of any problems, though I've
    never tried it with that combination of products.
    
    Note, however, that VDD 2.4 is no longer orderable nor is it supported
    in case something should go wrong.  The minimum supported version of
    the Replication Option, today, is 6.0-11.  If the customer were to
    install ROR 7.0, it would need either Rdb 6.1 or 7.0 on the same system
    or cluster.  If the source database is to be REPLICATED, then the
    source has to also be at Rdb 6.1 or 7.0 and located on the same system
    or cluster as ROR is installed.  Sources which are used in EXTRACTION
    transfers can be local or remote, and there's no requirement on the Rdb
    version.  Target databases can be local or remote and there's no
    requirement on the Rdb version.
264.2OopsletBROKE::PROTEAUJean-Claude ProteauWed Jan 29 1997 07:142
    
    Where I said Rdb 7.1 in the preceding reply I meant to enter 7.0.
264.3Thanks!BROKE::BASTINEWed Jan 29 1997 08:497
Thanks Claude!!

That is soooo clear and exactly what I needed!

Renee