Re: Ontape -r

Thu Peter Danh wrote: > > Hi. > > With Informix 7.13.UC4, Solaris 2.5.1, are you required to > have the same dbspaces prior to doing an ontape -r. > In other words, if you did an oninit -iy, which wipes > all of the dbspaces and establishes rootdbs, and then ontape -r, it should > restore the dbspaces and the data on the tape. The Universal Server manual > says that if you have to do cold restore, you need to verify that you have > the same dbspaces, otherwise if you added a dbspace or deleted dbspace after > doing a level 0 backup, the tape and the dbspaces would be out of sync. > > From experience, I've been able to restore after doing an oninit -iy and > doing ontape -r. If what I'm doing is wrong, then how do can I explain > that I've been to restore successfully. > > Thanks. > Pete. You need to have the same chunks, not dbspaces, available. Therefore, no matter that you splat your dbspaces with an oninit -i (in fact, you just splat the rootdbs - the others are untouched), you can do a restore from a previous archive that will write the dbspace data back into your chunks. Neil Truby Londis Holdings London, UK