Backup in NT

Hello all I have a little doubt. I would like to make a complete backup of some hard disk in NT using a 3rd-part software, so I would like to be able to stop & start informix with a command file. I think this is possible, at last in UNIX it is possible ( oninit, onmode -ky ... ), but in NT oninit is not working and all the information I have is about stoping and starting trough the services manager. I would like to know do's & don't of doing such backup, if I can start & stop informix. Thanks -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own

Hi, this is just regarding the question how to start and stop the server from through a script or from the command line. I don't know what exactly you plan to do regarding database backups and can't comment on that. There are at least 2 ways to start and stop the server from scripts/command line: for pre 7.3 versions: * start with 'starts online' or 'net start online' * stop with 'onmode -ky' or 'net stop online' for version 7.3 and later: * start with 'starts <servername>' or 'net start <servername>' * stop with 'onmode -ky' or 'net stop <servername>' All commands would have to be executed as a user with dba priviliges. The net start/stop commands are probably preferable because there are no requirements regarding your environment. Hope this helps, Heiko jfidel@my-dejanews.com wrote: > Hello all I have a little doubt. I would like to make a complete backup of > some hard disk in NT using a 3rd-part software, so I would like to be able to > stop & start informix with a command file. > > I think this is possible, at last in UNIX it is possible ( oninit, onmode -ky > ... ), but in NT oninit is not working and all the information I have is about > stoping and starting trough the services manager. > > I would like to know do's & don't of doing such backup, if I can start & stop > informix. > > Thanks > > -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- > http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own