Re: Ontape command...

Posted in 1998

Neil Truby — Fri, 16 Oct 1998 09:10:07 +0100 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Nathan E. McCorvie wrote in message <01bdf87d$424795b0$8209d786@mawi54d>... >Dear Informix Gifted: Flattery will get you a reply! >Forgive my Informix ignorance, but I'm desperately in need of help. Can >anyone tell me how the Ontape command works and how to restore from it >without over writing the current DB? ontape -r will restore an entire database SERVER (not database). You can'tpreserve your existing server (not without doing something clever with links, anyway) unless you restore to a different UNIX server. This is because it is a requirement of ontape that the original dsk configuration in force at the time of the archive is present for the restore. Neil Truby aracnet Limited Weybridge, UK