RE: Unattended ontape

-> -----Original Message----- -> From: Andrew Hamm [mailto:ahamm@mail.com] -> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 1:12 AM -> To: informix-list@iiug.org -> Subject: Re: Unattended ontape -> -> -> Andy Kent wrote: -> > I thought unattended anything was expressly discouraged -> with ontape? -> -> Unattended ontape is pure evil. [watch the accusations fly now!] See previous posts on the benefits of expect ! -> -> > What if you get an error message, what if it needs to -> issue you with a -> > prompt you weren't expecting, etc. -> -> People who can definitely fit on one tape can "get away with -> it" but if -> something goes wrong (such as an unwritable tape), it'll be -> hours before you -> get to try to fix it the next day, and that means your only -> workable backup -> is a few more hours older. Most businesses can't really -> afford that loss of -> work. What loss of work?? Surely you are backing up your logical logs to tape so you can use this, in the event of problems, to bring you data fully up to date. I have found it only takes about an hour to roll in a full days logs on my DB compared to 15 hours to restore the DB (I know on bar with parallel threads would be quicker, but would probably take the saved time to set up in the first place). Keith -> -> In my opinion, when someone does the work and follows a -> ritual, any changes -> of behaviour can be detected much sooner and more reliably. -> -> ********************************************************************************** This message is sent in strict confidence for the addressee only. It may contain legally privileged information. The contents are not to be disclosed to anyone other than the addressee. Unauthorised recipients are requested to preserve this confidentiality and to advise the sender immediately of any error in transmission. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses, however we cannot guarantee that this message is free from such problems. ********************************************************************************** sending to informix-list