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Can I use the OS commands to physically copy the content of my ADR to another location for archiving?

April 26, 2017adr archiving commands content copy location OS physically

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Can I use the OS commands to physically copy the content of my ADR to another location for archiving?

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You can physically copy the contents of the ADR directory to another location, but we do not recommend that. For example, if the ADR is copied to another machine running a different OS, there is a good chance that the ADR contents cannot be processed by the diagnostic tools. A better way to copy the contents of an ADR is to use the ADRCI IPS commands. The IPS PACK and UNPACK commands guarantee data format compatibility between OS platforms. Users can use the IPS time option to select the set of ADR data to move. The following example prepares a package for ADR data between 1/1/1900 to 1/1/2100: ADRCI>> ips pack time ‘1900-01-01 00:00:00.00’ to ‘2100-01-01 00:00:00.00’ The following IPS command can be used to unpackage ADR data into the desired destination: ADRCI>> ips unpack file “generated_file” into “target_dir” Use the ADRCI HELP command to get details of the IPS commands.