Re: archecker program - not for end users

In article <3385E4E2.387@bit-net.com>, Doug McAllister <abcd@bit- net.com> writes >David Williams wrote: >> >> In article <5kqkqr$bcg@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Phil ESGUERRA >> <Phil_ESGUERRA@city.palo-alto.ca.us> writes >> >Hi! >> > >> >Does anyone know of a better way to validate Informix 5.07 archive tapes? >> > >> >We're using dd command to validate, in the absence of a solution from >> >Informix. Lately, I've known that Informix has come up with 'archecker' >> >software. >> > >> >Unfortunately, it's not being released to the user community. One has to call >> >Informix if you want a tape validated. Has anyone tried to use this software? >> > >> >Thanks. >> > >> > >> >Phil_Esguerra@city.palo-alto.ca.us >> >> WHere did you hear this? This would be of great use to us. >> >> -- >> David Williams >archecker is a program that was written by Informix support to validate >tapes created by 7.xx version ontape. It was created to verify the >presence/absence of a specific problem on some ontape created tapse. It >probably will never be released to the public and does not work on >version 5.xx in any event. Onarchive already has a validate mode. I'd love to get a copy = I have a site running OWS 7.x and they want to validate their backups. This would help them check for one problem at least. I sure wish they would at least document the tape format for ontape after all the disk pages structures are documented... -- David Williams