It is also possible to write the complete ITP/MDK Repository database to a file. This is done with a tool called repdump. To read this file in another database the tool repload is used.
Note
The dumping ITP/MDK Repository version must be the same as the loading ITP/MDK Repository version.
This functionality is introduced to migrate the database to a different DBMS. The tools repdump and repload can be used to create a new ITP/MDK Repository from an existing one. With repdump a complete dump of the original ITP/MDK Repository database is created, which is loaded with repload into the database of the new installation. In this way, an exact copy of the original is made. This copy includes the internal identification of the ITP/MDK Repository installation, which is used to distinguish between two repositories.
Repload and repdump are excellent tools to create a backup copy or to migrate a ITP/MDK Repository installation to another database, but they should not be used to duplicate an installation.