Re: Emergemcy Chunks Offline - tbzero utility

}>>>>>>>>> Perry's response to Michael Strother <<<<<<<<<< I couldn't agree more! } From: Michael Strother <mstrothr@informix.com> } Subject: Re: Emergemcy Chunks Offline - tbzero utility } To: Bill Jaeger <jaegerwl@wckn.dorm.clarkson.edu> } Date: Tue, 26 Sep 95 10:27:09 EDT } Cc: informix-list@rmy.emory.edu } } > } > rridley@sin-apit.DHL.COM (Richard Ridley) writes: } > } > >We have had this problem a number of times, and, after } > >trying to persuade Informix to release the tbzero utility to } > >us, possibly with some training, Corporate HQ of Informix } > >said no. } > } > I think Informix's position on the tbzero utility and the use } > thereof by the "end user" (ie, system/DB administrator) } > community is unreasonable. This weekend a disk crashed on a } > multi-gigabyte DSS system running Informix Online v5.02. Of } > course, the disk crashed while the latest backup was still } > running. } } } [ Stuff Deleted] } } } } } > } > -Bill } > jaegerwl@wckn.dorm.clarkson.edu } > } The moaning that you people are doing is nothing compared to } what would happen if Informix made tbzero available. tbzero } has the capability to bring a very corrupt system online while } you may think that tbzero magically fixed your original problem } (It didn't). The bottom line is that if your system went } offline, it did so for a reason and if you can't isolate and } fix the original problem tbzero is only going to make things } worse. } } Informix policy here is on the money. } } Bill should restore from his last backup. period. } } Michael } } } } -perryd (Guru) ==================================================================== = Perry Dillard - Chief Architect = = FourGen Software, Inc. = = FourGen Building = = 115 NE 100th Street = = Seattle, W.A. 98125-8098 = = = = e-mail: perryd@fourgen.com Web Site http://www.fourgen.com = ====================================================================