Re: Archive/log back-ups

Group I.T. wrote: > > The tbconfig parameters TAPEDEV and LTAPEDEV make it clear that > the expected method of back-up is directly to tape. Is this in > fact what most sites do? > > We have a relatively small system, and direct these parameters to > disk, then use the normal UNIX housekeeping to put these out to > tape. I think this makes tape administration simpler. > > Any views? > > Neil Truby > NJLG, London Typically, you have TWO tape drives; one for log backup; and another for level 0 archive. It may not a good idea to use Unix filesystem to backup your database unless the database is not critical; in this case, use onunload and onload utility to backup to Unix; then set your log to /dev/null. John Chantha chantha@tiac.net