Re: Ontape -r asking for non-existent tape 2 - Thanks for the input

Andrew, Did your support provider think that IBM's response was as poor as you have suggested? I guess you have told them its unacceptable, have they complained to the appropriate support manager about the repsonse they have received from IBM? "Andrew" <andrew.gothard1@<nospam ta}ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:<K4bmd.214$C%4.30@newsfe6-win.ntli.net>... > "Andrew" <andrew.gothard1@<nospam ta}ntlworld.com> wrote in message > news:yBEkd.11$kY3.0@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net... > > > > > > > > > > Was TAPESIZE changed as well? > > > > No > > > > > > > > How big is the disk file backup? I don't think that 9.21 allowed for > > > disk sizes greater than 2G, but this is Windows here, so . . . . ? > > > > > 216 Gb - allowed on Windows > > > Wow -things vanish fast on here. > Thanks for the suggestions - and sorry for the late thanks - I don't have > nntp at work as our NetworkMunky is a nazi that way. At home I have ntl - > anyone in the uk may know how random their access can be occasionally. Plus > I'm a bit under the weather and have spent most non -work hours in bed. > (thanks Obnox - but unfortunately no - my Fiancee's out of the continent) . > Anyway in case someone's come up with an idea - the facts were > > Tapesize is about 4 Tb (to discfile) - I know that sounds odd to > > <flame invitation> > the sandal wearing, ginger bearded furry toothed geek *ix bods. But I can > do that - so I do > </flame invitation> > > and like I said - the backup was from a restore from live which had then > been significantly reduced in size ~ (just in case this jogs memory) > Tried a second restore from the same backup file - same problem > > Blocksize was 1024 - archecker read it fine with that size set, obviously, > failed on anything else (well -when I say anything - on anything else I've > ever used) as one would expect. > I stopped the erstore with a <Ctrl> C - came up in a mess and fell over (as > we all probably expected). > Would have liked to have had a play with it - but had to bin it - put on a > backup from 2 days later - came back on fine. > Sorry I couldn't give more - because like anyone else here I would have > liked to have got to the bottom of it in case it ever happens in DR. Don't > know what's happened with Informix's stunning support - but the respose that > I got back from our intermediate support (i.e. please call IBM now, if I'm > calling I have a genuine problem) from IBM was such a joke they passed it > on without comment. So bad, I didn't even have to explain to my manager why > it was rubbish. OK - test environment - but ..... I was quite shocked. > Whatever happened to Domineque?