Re: ontape Info

> gee, I can post!!! :-) > "Abanero" <abanero@supereva.it> wrote in message > news:ad9fb198.0405202354.554fe1b4@posting.google.com... > > "Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> wrote in message > news:<2h47atF8lir0U1@uni-berlin.de>... > > > You've backed up all databases in ONE instance - the > instance defined by the > > > INFORMIXSERVER environment variable of the session you > used to execute the > > > ontape utility. > > > > Thanks to all, just to understand, my informix database > > has 4 instances, with command: > > > > ontape -s -L 0.> > > > I have backed up all databases in ONE nistance. This > > means if I restore database from Tape I lose all > > instances and only one istance are restore? > > No. You have backed up one instance. If you restore from > that tape you will restore just that instance. The others > will not be affected. In order to back up the other three > instances, or restore them, you would need to set the > INFORMIXSERVER environment variable to some other > appropriate value. > >