Re: Run 'onunload' on an HDR secondary?
Posted in 2006
Art S. Kagel wrote:
> bozon wrote:
>
>>Interesting, we were wondering if you could run ontape on the secondary
>>to back up the database but I have been so busy I haven't been able to
>>investigate or test it. (I just realized it would probably only take a
>>minute to check the c.d.i archives, but then I couldn't implement it
>>for 6 months anyway.)
>
> <SNIP>
> Yes you can run ontape on the secondary to get a consistent archive of the
> servers. The operation would not block or otherwise affect concurrent
> updates from the primary except as any resource usage on the machine and
> server would. The archive would be restorable onto either host.
In what version has this become possible Art? In all versions I have used
the secondary is basically in recovery mode, so you cannot initiate an archive.
Thanks,
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Mark.
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