Ontape -r

Hi. With Informix 7.13.UC4, Solaris 2.5.1, are you required to have the same dbspaces prior to doing an ontape -r. In other words, if you did an oninit -iy, which wipes all of the dbspaces and establishes rootdbs, and then ontape -r, it should restore the dbspaces and the data on the tape. The Universal Server manual says that if you have to do cold restore, you need to verify that you have the same dbspaces, otherwise if you added a dbspace or deleted dbspace after doing a level 0 backup, the tape and the dbspaces would be out of sync. From experience, I've been able to restore after doing an oninit -iy and doing ontape -r. If what I'm doing is wrong, then how do can I explain that I've been to restore successfully. Thanks. Pete.