Re: backup and archive

Jane Johnson wrote: >Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 14:15:05 -0800 > >We are trying to use one tape drive for the archive and the log backup. >we wrote a script to do the backup log first, when this is done, do the >archive. The probelm is that when to swap the tape from log tape to >archive tape without physically checking to see if the log backup has >finished (the light goes off when the backup finishes). It seems that >the >backup runs in the background, so we can't see the log backup status >from the terminal. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance! I'm not sure what the problem is. You have to be physically present at the tape drive to swap the tape so why not wait until the light goes out? You mention that the backup runs "in the background". Doea this mean that you are using the "continuous" backup mode? If so, kill the backup before starting the archive. This will write the current log to the tape. When this has been completed you can change to the archive tape and then restart log backups after the archive has finished. The only requirement is that you should have sufficient logical log space to ensure that it won't fill up whilst your archive is running. Does this answer your question or have I missed something? Ian