Re: Logical log backups to non-rewind tape device

In article <Pine.BSF.3.91.970611092019.18030D-100000@kilimanjaro.dallas. herald.net>, Richard Stanford <richards@herald.net.REMOVE> writes > >The one (1) time we had a catastrophic hardware failure, we ran into so >many Informix bugs restoring log tapes it wasn't even funny. Combine >that with the pletora of problems involved in running continuous-logging >with non-technical operators (for the most part), and I'm beginning to >consider recommending dropping continuous logging from our sites. Any >comments out there? Has anyone else reached the same conclusion? > >-Richard I have sucessfully rolled forward several instance after using continuous logging. I would use it anyway as without it you have nothing. With version of online are you running? Make sure it is 5.08,7.14 or 7.22/3 which even if the latest for your platform. Early 7.x releases are very buggy. -- David Williams