Re: anybody using Archecker with Onbar ?

Posted in 2006

Martin Fuerderer — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:56:46 +0200 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Hi, I can confirm the "believing" of others: "onbar -v" is really using archecker to do the actual verification of backups. So you should use "onbar -v [...]". Regards, Martin -- Martin Fuerderer IBM Informix Development Munich, Germany Information Management informix-list-bounces@iiug.org wrote on 27.04.2006 12:59:03: > > I am wondering if it is considered best practice by many to use Archecker to verify Onbar backups. > I've never used it before. Is it worth the resources it uses on the system ( ie, a tape drive, database and system resources) ? > > Also, I notice that it does the equivelent of oncheck -cd, ce and cr on the backup tape. That seems to be a quick/alternate way to verify the data on our database. Any thoughts about that ? > > Thanks for any advice. > > > ======================== > -<<Floyd Wellershaus>>- > Database Administrator > Unix Administrator > > > email: fwellers@yahoo.com > > Home: 703-430-0805 > > Cell: 703-477-6045 > ======================== > > http://www.one.org/_______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list