problems cloning a testing environment (AREV Specific)
At 26 JUN 2002 04:34:12PM Lewis M Unger wrote:
To facilitate systems testing with current data files, I found it fastest to 'put aside' my current testing system (by copying it from my D: to C: drive) and creating a 'fresh' one by loading down onto my local system (into D:) a just-saved image of the current live system from our live server.
My intent was to then copy my development software file(s) into this
refreshed image of the live data by being able to copy into it the test version software from my prior testing environment(now on C:).
However, establishing alias-named pointers to the old test system's files has proven practically impossible for me - even after resolving the duplicate volume name problem by using NAMEVOLUME.
In desperation I decided to try to have 2 separate active test environments just so I could copy between them by attaching to a directory commonly available to both of them and by copying out of one test account into that directory and then copying from that directory into the target test system (that's the way I've usually transferred software from test to live systems for some time now).
Stymied again: I can no longer create a logon into the test account
that was 'put aside' onto C: - even though I'm using
the same procedure that successfully installed the 'new' test system.
Every time I attempt to log on, it attaches the same D: directories that the new test account uses - though I modified the
'TRAINING.LOGON' TCL procedure's attachments to find the directories
on the C: drives they now reside on and altered the shortcut icon to point to the C: drive for its proper 'TRAINING.BAT' target.
How can I have these two testing accounts on my local system and log
on to either one by choice?
Thank you (for your patience - if you've read this far),
Lewis Unger
At 03 JUL 2002 09:51AM Hippo wrote:
The submit was too long for me to remember:).
Just two facts.
1) There is SETATTACH TCL command, this may alter the login process.
2) use DETACHTABLE TCL command when you want to attach another copy of the location with the same "identification".