Is there a way to backup an aix database to my Windows desktop? What i've tried is:

from a db2 command line on my desktop:

C:\Program Files\IBM\SQLLIB\BIN>db2 backup db cmshawk user db2inst1 using ##### to \\D416C61782\c:\aaa with 2 buffers without prompting
SQL2036N The path for the file or device "\\D416C61782\c:\aaa" is not valid.

the invalid path is my qualified desktop

BACKUP always refers to the server local devices. Besides, the AIX backup image won't do you any good on Windows anyway.

I'm looking for a way to take an aix database to a linux server. I've done the db2look/export from windows to aix. i had to use my desktop to run the commands from so that the conversion would work. i guess that's how we'll have to do it going from linux to aix. i really didn't think it would work. i'm not real familiar with a federated database, but could I hook a connection between the aix and linux database and run some sort of select insert command?

for backup/restore
1. windows <--\-->*unix
2. for *nix, the big/little indien decides.

for ur aix<->linux question, I guess you just need some catalog action. Or federation.