Re: Ontape and jukeboxes

Gabriela Bellani wrote: } = } Hi! } = } I=92m new in the informix-list but I=92ve already taken advantage of s= ome } good ideas brougth to the net... I=92m wondering if anyone can help } me... } = } Our installation has Online 7.13UC1 running in a Sun Sparc 2000 } with Solaris 2.5. } Database size: 25GB ( all raw device in Veritas Vol Manager) } = } Running ontape -s -L 0 takes 9-10 hours and we are planning to do it } only on weekends. } By now we have no personnel working on weekends so "someone" } decided that the solution was to buy a "brand new jukebox" to run } unattended back ups. } = } The jukebox is completly unaware of the existance of Informix.... } = } Has anyone tried to run ontape -s / ontape -c on such a device....? } How do we tell the jukebox to change tapes...? } = } The jukebox is a NSR - EXB-210 with media type 8mm 5GB } = } Any help would be VERY appreciated! } = } PS. Sorry if any word was misspelled but english is not my native } language... } = } --- } = } Gabriela Bellani } gbellani@bisel.com.ar I believe that you will need to use a third party product like Legato's Networker. We are using it and onbar to backup our db's. -- = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Mark Bonanno | mbonanno@netcom.com | A closed mouth gathers no feet. | =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D