Re: ontape to a tapedrive on a different server

Tina Moriarty wrote: > Is there anyway I could have run ontape -r > on the new server and have it get the backup from the remote tape > drive through the network? As mentioned, TAPEDEV otherhost:/dev/tape Also set the LOGDEV to point to the other host if you want to roll forward any log tapes But the missing piece of info you'll need: informix needs password-free login to the other host. This means that on otherhost, either /etc/hosts.equiv or the .rhosts file in informix account's home directory must be setup to allow this. You can test it from the source host with <login as informix> $ rlogin otherhost if u need a password, it's not working. If you get in without a password prompt, then the engine can connect to the remote tape drive. Note that the permissions on /etc/hosts.equiv or .rhosts files must be quite restricted. No modern rlogin service will trust those files if they are writable by the wrong people.