RE: Backup monkey?

Or use ontape with striped tape devices and that should up the throughput considerably Paul Watson # WF Software Ltd # Please don't Tel: +44 1436 674729 # confuse me with Fax: +44 1436 678693 # someone who cares www.wfsoftware.com # > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Agnew [mailto:dagnew@charlottepipe.com] > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 2:24 PM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: Backup monkey? > > > He does have multiple drives, but want to use them > 'consecutively', so he > must be using ontape. We use a script that runs ontape, > taking input from a > file and redirecting the console output (mount requests) to a > second file.. > A script monitors the second file and performs an unlink and > link to the > next tape drive and then writes the appropriate response to > the file that > ontape is reading. > > I agree, OTC, that OnBar with ISM would be a reasonable solution. > > Doug > "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:8leph5$phc$1@news.xmission.com... > > > > From: "Clifton M. Bean" <cmbean@email.msn.com> > > > > > >Why Onbar? That is an expensive solution. Continue to > use ontape in > > >conjunction with an "expect" script to handle the requests > for additional > > >tapes. You can use the same thing to handle your logical > logs as well. > > > > The way I understood him (which was probably wrong) was that he had > multiple > > drives...? > > > > >"Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > >news:8lagdt$38g$1@news.xmission.com... > > > > > > > > From: bluer0ses@my-deja.com > > > > > > > > > >I have a SCO box with an informix database. When I run > backup's it > > > > >takes 3 tapes (I have four slots). Is there anyway I > can have it > write > > > > >to consecutive slots instead of asking for the next > tape in the same > > > > >slot? It takes about 8 hours to backup one box. Please help. > > > > > > > > On-BAR? You'll probably need a 3rd Party backup product > like Legato, > > >too. > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > The contents of this e-mail are confidential to the ordinary user(s) of the mail address(es) to which it was sent and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of it, or any part of it, in any form whatsoever, and any actions taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful.