Transfer Process

The files used by the transfer process are not the AVEVA base product Databases (DBs) themselves but the (binary) intermediate files created by PASS 1 of a reconfiguration. These are converted into larger, but easily transportable, character files by the TO FORMATTEDFILES command. The files can then be transferred to the target machine via a communications network or magnetic tape and converted back into PASS 1 temporary file format by the FROM FORMATTEDFILES command. For example:

On the source machine:

FROM DB MASTER/DESI

TO FORM /F1 /F2

RCFCOPY ALL

RECONFIG

On the destination machine:

FROM FORM /F1 /F2

TO DB MASTER/DESI

RECONFIG