Re: Onarchive and DLT tape units

In article <memo.19980725200157.18365N@wfsoftware.compulink.co.uk>, paulw@wfsoftware.co.uk says... > >In article <6pc8qo$n6j$1@fleetstreet.Austria.EU.net>, reisjrj@eunet.at >(Reisegger) wrote: > >> Does anybody use Onarchive with DLT tape units ? >> >I know there are no problems with DLT7000 and Online 7.10/11/12/13/20 >under Solaris 2.4/5/6 or if there is then I didn't happen to me > I used to use onarchive (OnLine v7.13, Solaris 2.4) to disk, but when the archives got too big I tried to switch to tape. I got errors on restore. I called UK Tech Support (problem number 141054 refers), whose response was, basically, "Tough". I received the following: "Official support for DLT devices is through On-Bar, through which Informix relies on the SMVs to test their solutions with the various DLT devices and in which Informix provides an X/OPEN BSA API, On-Bar, for the SMVs to validate their solutions. Therefore any use of DLT devices with On-Archive and On-Tape are at the customer's discretion." So I ditched onarchive and switched back to ontape. Maybe your combination of IDS/Solaris has no problems. But I'd do a test restore just to be sure! Neil Truby Chase Manhattan Bank (but not for much longer....!) Bournemouth, UK