Re: Log backup on /dev/null

Posted in 1998

Octav Chiriac — Mon, 5 Oct 1998 11:14:50 +0300 (EETDST) — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Jean-Brice Albertus wrote: > >-----Message d'origine----- >De : Jacob Salomon <jake@garpac.com> >Groupes de discussion : comp.databases.informix >Date : vendredi 2 octobre 1998 19:11 >Objet : Re: Log backup on /dev/null > > >> >>Boy, Jean-Brice! That sounds confused! HMmm.. so do you! ;-)) >> >>You don't need to run a log backup if the log device is /dev/null. Even >>without continuous log backup, as soon as a log is full the engine marks >>it as backed up. You need do nothing to mimic a backed up log. > > >That's I was'nt sure: when all my logical logs are full, what happens ? does >the system overwrite the older or does the system crashes ??? > >Thank you for your answer. > >Jean-Brice > The system doesn't crash. As the logical-log is getting full it is marked as backed-up (in case when your logical log backup device is set to /dev/null). Best Regards, Octav -- Octav Chiriac Phone: (373) 2 21 20 96 NetInfo S.R.L. Fax: (373) 2 21 36 59 Chisinau (373) 2 24 00 83 Moldova, Republic of mailto:com@netinfo-moldova.com