Re: Archecker

In article <6h5n66$2hv$1@news.xmission.com>, John Coyle <JFC@yankeecandle.com> writes > >Greetings, > >I have acquired a DLT tape drive (20gb tapes) as the >potential replacement for a DAT tape drive (4gb tapes). I >use ontape to perform daily database backups. Due to >time and database size constraints I do not wish to >perform a full system restore to verify the functionality of >archiving to this media. During the past several months >the utility known as "archecker" has been mentioned as a >mechanism to verify an archive. Will this tool be able to >verify the archive without performing a restore? Would I >be able to trust those results without a restore? I can't find >the utility on the IIUG site as David Williams mentions. Sorry, that ws the tool for unloading a table from a level 0 archive (I rememebered June Tong has put something there to do with level 0 archives). Archecker is ONLY available from Informix and last I heard you need Regency Support to get it. There were rumours it would be included in 7.3. Can anyone e-mail me a list of the new features of 7.3 for the FAQ. I've look on Informix's Web Site but it's marketing blurb and no list of new features exists... >More important, Art Kagel states that this utility is only >available from Informix. Is this the only way to acquire this >utility? > >HP 9000/800 K-210 >HPUX B.10.20 >ODS 7.22.UC3 > >Thanks, >John >---------------------------- >John F. Coyle, DBA >jfc@yankeecandle.com > -- David Williams Maintainer of the Informix FAQ Primary site (Beta Version) http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you, For you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here standing, Until the bitter end... So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm... All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care