RE: ontape to filesystem

Posted in 2005

Murray Wood (IList) — Wed, 7 Sep 2005 09:53:58 +1200 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

You need to create the file and have it with permissions 660, owner informix:informix TAPEDEV points to the file you are creating. MW > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org > [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of > Darren_Jacobs@carmax.com > Sent: Wednesday, 7 September 2005 9:23 a.m. > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: ontape to filesystem > > Greetings, > > I would like to use ontape to backup to a unix filesystem. > Is there a certain why the filesystem needs to be created to > enable this or will I need to use onbar. I'm currently using > IDS 9.40FC2 on HPUX 11i V1and an attempt to backup to a > filesystem erros as seen below: > > $ ontape -s -L 0> > Please mount tape 1 on /usr/dbexport and press Return to continue ... > could not write archive tape. > sending to informix-list sending to informix-list