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1551.0. "Multiple users moved across disks" by TRNOIS::ASSELLE (Turin-Italy 7871-7231) Mon Mar 10 1997 07:42

    Hi everybody,
    
    due to some tuning activities I have been required from my customer to
    move some accounts from one disk to another.
    
    I know the procedure to do so is:
    
    $>x4man
    x4man.mail> manage user
    x4man.mail> save username
    
    then do a backup from the original disk to the destination disk for the
    user I have given the save command
    
    then modify his entry in the sysuaf for the new device
    
    then
    
    x4man.mail> restore username
    
    This is the procedure I have been always using.
    
    Now it comes the problem: the users are located on two different disks
    (diskA and diskB) and they have to be moved on two other disks (diskC
    and diskD) on which other users are already present. 
    (users on diskA have to go on diskC and users on diskB have to go on 
    diskD).
    
    Is it possible to have multiple moving ?
    How can it be done ?
    
    All the work must be done during the weekend (possibly only on
    Saturday) and I don't think with the above mentioned mothodology I can
    make it through.
    
    Any suggestion is VERY much appreciated and required.
    
    Thanks in advance for any help.
    
    Ciao,
              paola

    I would recommend writing a few command procedures before the
    weekend.
    
    savea.com/saveb.com:
    $ X4MANAGER
    MANAGE USER
    SAVE user1
    SAVE user2
    SAVE ...
    
    backupa-c.com/backupb-d.com:
    $! Set default or however you will back up each user
    $! Depending on where disk are, may need 1 or 2 .com's.
    $ BACKUP... user1...
    $ BACKUP... user2...
    $ BACKUP... user3...
    
    restorec.com/restored.com:
    $! commands to modify the sysuaf entry and anything else
    $! they may need to be done
    $ X4MANAGER
    MANAGE USER
    RESTORE user1
    RESTORE user2
    
    There should not be any problems running savea.com and saveb.com
    at the same time.  Similarly, backupa.com and backupb.com could be
    run at the same time and restorec.com and restored.com could be run
    at the same time.
    
    Notes:
    - Verify that each .com  completed everything successfully
    - May want to direct output to a log file when running .com's
    - These examples are note exact but give an outline of what could
      be done to reduce the time needed to move users.
    
    -diana