Re: How to backup an instance of IDS?

--0__=jtSJwpCvu0HCC91nCVFPZ2L0K9TUnzNaC0TTtLlxSOX7GRytIFNBGFgz Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable If you have enough disc-space, make the backup to disc with ontape and= then make your cpio including the backup-file. At the same make your logic-logs big enough for at hole days work. Reme= mber to backup the logic-log together with the data backup. Bjarne Alm. Brand Denmark "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> - 22-04-99 07:19:06 Til: huyv@usa.net, informix-list@iiug.org cc: (bcc: Bjarne Wilken Jensen/ABR/ALMBRAND) Vedr=F8rende: Re: How to backup an instance of IDS? = --0__=jtSJwpCvu0HCC91nCVFPZ2L0K9TUnzNaC0TTtLlxSOX7GRytIFNBGFgz Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline From: "Huy Vu" <huyv@usa.net> > >I'm looking for a solution for daily backup of informix databases. Can >I integrate the informix backup with filesystem backup (with cpio command) >as job in the crontab? >I'm using raw device for informix databases....and have only one tape drive >for Filesystem backup and transaction log.... Well, yes it is _possible_, but I sure as hell wouldn't recommend it. And I'm almost certain it wouldn't be supported by Informix, so if you have to restore and it doesn't work, you'd be on your own. In short, use ontape or onbar. :-) HTH. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --0__=jtSJwpCvu0HCC91nCVFPZ2L0K9TUnzNaC0TTtLlxSOX7GRytIFNBGFgz--