A database that was created on one Operating System is not supported if it is copied onto a different OS platform than the platform it was originally created.
Progress does not support the use of Operating System commands or utilities to copy a database from one Operating System platform to another.
A Progress Database is moved to a different Operating System via the Dump and Load procedure or programmatically data can be passed to databases which are connected remotely on a different operating system class.
Examples where operating system commands and/or utilities would not be supported:
SUN Solaris to RedHat Linux (different Operating System)
HP-UX PA-RISC to HP-UX Itanium (different chipset)
The only supported database migration method between unlike Operating Systems or platforms is a complete dump and load of the Progress database.
OpenEdge 32-bit and 64-bit products are compatible for the Database, only the binaries are built differently. So:
- Copying databases between machines that run the same Operating Systems can successfully be done (using operating system commands and/or utilities) as long as the Progress/OpenEdge major version is the same.
- An offline PROBKUP, created with OpenEdge 64-bit on Windows 64-bit can be restored to a 32-bit OpenEdge environment or vice versa, as long as the Operating System, OpenEdge release and Service Pack versions are the same.
Another way of achieving this is using Pro2. Please refer the following doc for more informaiton.
https://docs.progress.com/bundle/openedge-pro2/page/Migrate-your-OpenEdge-database-with-Pro2.html
