[p4] How import a production database on a fresh server .

[Rick Macdonald]

Just so I know, do I need a second license file to do this or a similar 
task if I do it on the same machine but change P4ROOT and the port 
number in P4PORT?

I expect people will suggest a second machine regardless, for safety's 
sake and/or machine loading?

Rick

Jeff A. Bowles wrote:
> Send email to the license-folks / support-folks asking if you can have a
> second license file with the IP address of your backup/test machine.
> I believe they have a procedure (in effect, it's "sign this and send it
> back, and we'll take care of you then") that will address this.
>
> Do not bother figuring out how to excise the workspace definitions from your
> checkpoints. (In general, checkpoint-surgery is messy, and worse, the
> workspace definitions are multiple-line entries with joins to other tables.
>  The rule-of-thumb for checkpoint surgery is, "don't - and if you do, have
> someone from tech support on the telephone hearing the keystrokes and
> perhaps even watching over your shoulder."  The reasoning is, when you break
> the checkpoint, you're gonna call 'em for assistance anyway, so why not give
> yourself better odds by involving them before the break happens.)
>
> Go the second-license-file route.  It's easier and faster.
>
>    -Jeff Bowles
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> On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Loïc Dalbègue <ldalbegue at edengames.com>
> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> I have a perforce server in production with a database with 80 users and
>> 260 workspace. Recently i found some corruption in my database so I want
>> to verify that with the p4 verify command, but i takes to long time for
>> my production server. So i want to restore my database on another fresh
>> perforce server with no licence to launch the p4 verify with no impact
>> to my production server.
>> I copy my depot files, and i want to restore my database with a
>> checkpoint file but on the fresh no licenced server i have some
>> limitation !! 2 users and 5 workspaces so after the restore the fresh
>> server doesn't start.
>>
>> I already drop the users from my checkpoint file with this command :
>> grep -v @db.user@ checkpoint > checkpointnew.
>> But how drop the workspace (clients) from my checkpoint too because the
>> server doesn't start anymore with this error :
>> Perforce server error:
>>    Unlicensed server cannot start while over user/client quota.
>>    Try deleting old clients with 'client -d'.
>>    License count: 263 clients used of 5 licensed.
>>
>> Thx for your help.
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