Re: Tape Drive size for Online 5.0

Greg Bassett (ghbassett@ghbassett.win.net) wrote: : We would like to use our 5.0 GB tape drive a an Informix Archive : device. We cannot find any documentation that describes a tape : size limit, however on our other machine (both ar RS/6000's) the : Archive program (tbtape) barfs when tapedev is over 2.0 GB. : Has anyone got this working ?? One other idea we had : is to is to use dd to backup the raw disk space. Is this a real : possibility? : Any/all ideas/comments are welcome. Version 5.01 I'm currently using a DAT tape for backups/restores and for the logging of logical logs with no problems. Database is 4Gb. Would a Unix limit (file size) effect what you are doing ? Can't think of anything else. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Adam Buckley, Performance Benchmarking Unit ICL Bracknell BERKS ENGLAND | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Anyone have the cheat code for 4 ball mills mess ? | | | | < Probably not the views of my employer> | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------