DNA Server data restore 1

[rightsaidfred]

Hi All,

I have a serious problem:
I had a DNA server 3.x installed on a PC.
Unfortunately PC went wrong. NT4 doesn´t start.
So I have to reinstall the whole system again. But I didn´t have up to date backup.
Do you know how I can get the data from the broken system?
The file system is OK.
What is the most important is the Directory Manager data.
Is it possible just simple copy data from the old machine to the new installation :
-MSSQL directory? or
-DNA directory? or
-OPI Workstation DNA directory?

Thanks in advance!

 

[slash50]

If you can find

DNA_S\dmg\data\

Then there are the text files to rebuild your Directory Manager database on a new installation.

These are refreshed every night by RDS schedule so they should be the most recent before the server crash.

They will need to go on a rebuilt system, run in using DirPop utility.

You could try to use SQL to restore the full database, this is found in:

MsSqldata\mssql\data

There you will find all the DB files.

Personally I would use a clean rebuild and the DirPop facility.

Good Luck )

 

[eriuser]

If you use the confidential UDF fields in the directory the data from these will not be exported in the scheduled export files.

If this is the case you could try stopping the SQL server on your new server and renaming the DirDB database files and replacing them with the files from your old server. Restart the SQL services and give it a try, you have nothing to lose.

Good luck

 

[rightsaidfred]

Thank you very much!