Contents Index Synchronizing databases Notes on synchronization and extraction

SQL Remote User's Guide
  Deploying and Synchronizing Databases
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Mixed operating systems and database extraction


In many installations, the consolidated server will be running on a different operating system than the remote databases.

Adaptive Server Anywhere databases can be copied from one file or operating system to another. This allows you flexibility in how you carry out your initial synchronization of databases.

Example 

For example, you may be running an Adaptive Server Enterprise server on a UNIX system that holds the consolidated database, but wish to deploy remote databases on laptop computers running some flavor of Windows.

In this circumstance, you have several options for the platforms on which you extract the database, including the following, assuming you have the requisite software:


Contents Index Synchronizing databases Notes on synchronization and extraction