Re: any way to know the progress of a level1 (or level0) ontape save?

> > It would be nice if there were some mechanism for the server to keep > > track of modified pages then a level 1 could run much faster. a Bit > > map of a 1 gig database would take 64k or 32 pages. > > Well, yes, but why are you overly concerned about the duration of a backup? > It's the restore you want to worry about, and of course the duration of a > restore is unaffected by the method by which the pages to be backed up in a > level 1 were identified. > I can't speak for Curtis' reasons. But from my perspective, the duration of a backup is more important than the duration of a restore. A restore is a very infrequent activity. A backup is an every day activity. And backups have a definite impact to overall system performance while they are running. If the duration of a backup can be reduced, I think that it merits discussion.