RE: Data Erased-- Please help

> -----Original Message----- > From: Raj [mailto:r411@hotmail.com] > Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 10:07 AM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: Data Erased-- Please help > > > Hi, > Almost everyone suggested that I restore using backup > from a tape. > That was plan and i called the full time employee asking if he had the > backup. He said they do. Great . . . > I guess I should had made a backup > myself using > dbexport. Might not be a bad idea. Depends on how long it would take to restore from tape vs. reload from dbexport. When I'm doing major stuff, I always know where my most recent Informix backups are. > The tape backup is a file system backup. Informix data on the filesystem? OK. > Developers made a cron > job to run everynight asking it to backup the informix > deirectory. INFORMIXDIR or data?? > But > someone changed the path of the root-dbs onto a seperate > partiton from the > informix directory as the system developers intended. I'd find out who that someone was . . . . > As far > as system > administrator, I wear that cap too. Congrats, I guess . . . . 8-) > Guess I am really > screwed, for trusting > my boss, full time employess and developers. Welcome to the role of DBA. Now that you've learned this lesson . . . . . It's always good to double- and triple-check everything that you do . . . just to be sure. > Raj. > P.S:- I know this is not the type of stuff that is posted on this > newsgroup, but I needed a place to vent my anger and > frustation. Consider it a lesson learned . . . > Thanks for > reading this and sorry for taking up your time. > Anytime . . . . John Carlson Informix DBA EDS - WHSmith USA 3200 Windy Hill Road, Suite 1500 West Atlanta, GA 30330