Re: Log backup on /dev/null
Posted in 1998
Jean-Brice Albertus wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I had some answers but no one which can help me...
>
>My problem is: my IOWS was backing up its logical logs on /dev/null...there
>is an entry LTAPEDEV /dev/null on the ./etc/onconfig.ows
>
>and..since I (unfortunatly) made a oninit -iy, and reconfigured all the
>logical logs, the command ontape -a does not work any more...
>
>>Logbackup failed - Log backup to device /dev/null not allowed
>
>I didn't get this message before ! what appenend ? does somebody know ???
>
>Thank you for your help !
>
>Jean-Brice
>
When you set the LTAPEDEV to /dev/null the engine is marking the
logs as backed-up as they are getting full. So, you don't need
to use the "ontape -a" command.
Hope it helps,
Octav
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