Re: Level 0 to a file.

On Nov 8, 8:43 am, Jo <joseph...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have an Informix DB server where in backups is taken to a file using > ontape utility. > Total size is around 330 GB. Unix Large files enabled here. Backups > are successful using ontape. > Customer not willing to invest on onbar/veritas solution. > > My question: Is there a limit for taking backup to file? > I can't test the restore. Will the restore successful if required? > > Backup takes around 2 days to finish. How to make the backup complete > faster? > > Thank you, > > With Best regards, > Jo This makes a daily backup kind of hard to do. Do you have a SAN? I have heard about and read a case study (but have not done it) where a company would onmode -c blocksnapshot the disk space Informix is using onmode -c unblock You can then use the snapshot to do a backup or as your backup. Oh Martin has more detail on this.