Disable backups of Informix temporarily

Hello, I am in the process of reconfiguring the backup server (separate issue), and in the meanwhile, backups on the Informix dbs cannot happen. I believe the db stops working if i don't backup the logical logs and the databases for some time. Is it possible to redirect it to /dev/null or some other way until the backup server is working again? I don't know much about Informix, but can provide details if needed. Thanks, Anjan

adave wrote: > I am in the process of reconfiguring the backup server (separate > issue), and in the meanwhile, backups on the Informix dbs cannot > happen. I'm inclined to say 'Be Very Worried'. But you probably already are. > I believe the db stops working if i don't backup the logical logs and > the databases for some time. Is it possible to redirect it to > /dev/null or some other way until the backup server is working again? Yes - set LTAPEDEV to /dev/null and logical logs are not backed up. > I don't know much about Informix, but can provide details if needed. -- Jonathan Leffler #include <disclaimer.h> Email: jleffler@earthlink.net, jleffler@us.ibm.com Guardian of DBD::Informix v2003.04 -- http://dbi.perl.org/

Thanks, John. Does that require restarting the database? Following are current values- LTAPEDEV /dev/rmt/0h LTAPEBLK 16 # Log tape block size (Kbytes) LTAPESIZE 10240 # Max amount of data to put on log tape (Kbytes) Thanks, Anjan Jonathan Leffler <jleffler@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<6eEmc.10471$V97.5464@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>... > adave wrote: > > I am in the process of reconfiguring the backup server (separate > > issue), and in the meanwhile, backups on the Informix dbs cannot > > happen. > > I'm inclined to say 'Be Very Worried'. But you probably already are. > > > I believe the db stops working if i don't backup the logical logs and > > the databases for some time. Is it possible to redirect it to > > /dev/null or some other way until the backup server is working again? > > Yes - set LTAPEDEV to /dev/null and logical logs are not backed up. > > > I don't know much about Informix, but can provide details if needed.