Re: Logical log backups to non-rewind tape device

Posted in 1997

David Williams — Thu, 12 Jun 1997 21:59:37 +0100 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <AlvinKoh-1206970950210001@fsng172mac.ops.sing.paging.mot.com >, Al <AlvinKoh@WriteMe.COM> writes >Theoretically, I don't see anything wrong about using no-rewind devices. Except that it will not work with online 7. During a level 0 archive version 7 on ontape a) open tape device b) write an archive header to the tape device c) closes the tape device (expects it to rewind here!) d) opens the tape device (Note does not seek back to the start of the tape, expects the tape to already be there). e) re-reads the archive header to check it was written correctly f) write the archive to the tape. THIS WILL FAIL ON NO REWINF DEVICES... -- David Williams