Re: Stopping and starting transaction logging

In article <72icpm$i9a$1@news.xmission.com>, Noe, Patricia B. <pnoe@BRFG.com> writes >Transaction logs are backed up to DAT drive using ontape -c command >Nightly, I do a level 0 backups to a DLT drive using the ontape -s command. >Before I execute the level 0 backup, I kill the ontape -c session by typing >CTRL-C in the korn shell window where ontape -c is running) I do the backup >to the DLT, replace the DAT tape with the next day's tape and then when the >backup is done, I type ontape -c to begin logging the transactions to tape >again. > >Is this what I should be doing or am I screwing things up? I also notice Sounds OK to me.. >that if I do not turn transaction logging back on right after I do the >backup, the transaction logs fill up pretty quickly. > Correct, I normally run 1000 250K transaction logs = 240Mb..should last a day at least.. >-Patricia Noe >Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer >pnoe@brfg.com > -- David Williams Maintainer of the Informix FAQ Primary site (Beta Version) http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you, For you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here standing, Until the bitter end... So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm... All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care