Informix Ontape/ADSM performance problems

Hi, I am running a restore using ontape between two different nodes. I am using an ADSM device for the tape management. The restore of the database seems to take a lot longer than expected. Basically there is a bit of tape activity and a bit of disk activity but no where near what I would call in a reasonable amount of time. Can some one outline the ontape procedure - i.e. what it is doing or point me to an online guide. Alternatively is there any way of getting an idea of what ontape is doing from the ontape logs ( if you can let me know where they are ) - I think there might be a tape wait occuring that is not needed. Many thanks, Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

Ontape with ADSM???? I was not aware that Ontape could access a storage manager. Tell me more. Anyway, I would do "onstat -d" and look at the flags for the dbspaces. I don't have the info off the top of my head, but the dbspace being restored has a different flag value. At least that way you can track which dbspace is being restored. Doug <sabrads@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8rc4b5$8ts$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > Hi, > > I am running a restore using ontape between two different nodes. I am > using an ADSM device for the tape management. The restore of the > database seems to take a lot longer than expected. Basically there is > a bit of tape activity and a bit of disk activity but no where near > what I would call in a reasonable amount of time. > > Can some one outline the ontape procedure - i.e. what it is doing or > point me to an online guide. Alternatively is there any way of getting > an idea of what ontape is doing from the ontape logs ( if you can let > me know where they are ) - I think there might be a tape wait occuring > that is not needed. > > Many thanks, > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.