Re: Good backup

From: Richard Kofler <richard.kofler@teleweb.at> > >let me add to what others have posted that we keep for desaster >recovery alongside >the tapes created by ontape: >the file $INFORMIXSERVER/etc/$ONCONFIG of every Informix Instance we >run >the output of onstat -d (you can find in the IIUG archive a nice >utility to > create the onspaces statements needed to recreate dbspaces & chunks) >a listing of > $INFORMIXDIR/etc/chunklinks: Just a thought (not my own, but what the hell, no-one else has raised it [yet {on this thread}]<-: Don't make the links directory in $INFORMIXDIR, as you will want to install later versions into different directories, and it's better to have your links in an "independent" directory. FWIW. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com