HP/UX and Archives

In Message-Id: <53@keithhpc.win.net> keithh@keithhpc.win.net (Keith Howard) writes: > Hello netters, > Does anyone have some experience with archives and the following > configuration? > > HP-9000/827 > HP/UX 9.04 > DAT Drive (16 GB w/120 meter tape) > > What is the blocking size and the maximum data storage on a 90M > tape and/or a 120M tape? > > I am using /dev/rmt/1hc for the device which is the hardware > compression device but can't seem to get more than 2GB worth of > archive onto the tape. Am I doing something wrong or just missing > something obvious? > > Keith Howard > Service Systems > Chicago, IL We learned of an Informix bug in OnLine v5 where you can't backup more than 2GB ("integer" size) *from tbmonitor*. That program will backup just fine until the 2GB limit, then dies. What you can do is use the command line, which has no such limitation. In order to make that work you must use some fancy shell script which answers the questions that tbtape asks (hit return to continue, what level archive do you want?). It looks like this: ${INFORMIXDIR}/bin/tbtape -s <<END 0 END All that should be at the left margin so you don't send tabs or spaces, though. Hope that helps, __________________________________________________________________ | Clem Akins Standard Disclaimers Apply | | Reynolds Metals Co. "Climb High, Cave Deep!" | | Muscle Shoals, Alabama USA cwakins@leia.alloys.rmc.com | |________________________________________________________________|