Re: Ontape -r asking for non-existent tape 2

"Andrew" <andrew.gothard1@<nospam ta}ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:IKxkd.807$fI4.191@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net... > IDS 9.21 > Windows 2000 Advanced Server sp2 > Now - given that the restore is from a backup to a single disc file, and > that's from a backup to the same single disc file - I find that > surprising. > Obviously - there is no tape 2. How big is the archive to tape that you *do* have? And what is TAPESIZE set to in the %ONCONFIG% file? I'm thinking here that you culd in fact, unknowingly, have written the 2nd part of the archive to the same disk area, although you'd have had to be quite drunk to do that inadvertently (and on UNIX at least the database has rudimentary checks to prevent this). I *could* <Ctrl - C> but as fate would have > it we've had expensive consultants doing expensive stuff You haven't had the right expensive consultants in. We can out-expensive most people ... ;-) -- Neil Truby t:01932 724027 Director m:07798 811708 Ardenta Limited e:neil.truby@ardenta.com