Re: Startup & Shutdown scripts wisdom needed for informix 7.2

David Williams wrote: > > In article <32409CB9.459D@west.co.za>, "Mark D. Stock" > <marks@west.co.za> writes > >Juan R. Guzman wrote: > >> > >> /bin/su - informix -c "${INFORMIXDIR}/bin/ontape -c &" > >> <ETC, ETC> > > > >I hate to be a critic of a nice script, But... > >I have come across so many sites with automated log backups (I am referring > >to your use of ontape -c) that I don't have much hair left. An example: > > > >I had a site which had crashed, and I restored and then tried loading the > >log tapes. The one they gave me and the logs I took off the system. Well > >you can guess the rest, there was a big gap between the two. So I asked who > >looked after the log backups, and they said "Oh nobody, it's fully automatic. > >We just make sure the log tape is in the drive". Notice they said "..THE > >log tape...". Arghh! So whenever the system went down, or was re-booted, > >yes you guessed it, they overwrote the previous logical logs. > > > >But otherwise the script looks fine. I've finished whinging now. > > > >Cheers, > > So what is the answer for a site that wants to run fully automated > logging and do not want people to have to restart continous loggin by > hand? I hand a site who wants to do just this and I'm currently talking > to Informix about this exact problem. > > -- > David Williams Try echo "0" and return 1 with your ontape -c script. I have done this with Informix Level 0 archive and ontape -c. Or talk to Informix Tech support. John Chantha chantha@tiac.net