Re: Full Backup while online?

Posted in 1995

Alexander J. Oss — Wed, 23 Aug 95 10:14:34 EST — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <D19950822T39389X647@grizzly.asl-labs.bc.ca>, <brian@asl-labs.bc.ca> writes: > We are using INFORMIX ONLINE v5.x, and presently we are taking the database > offline to do our backup, as follows: > > $INFORMIXDIR/bin/tbmode -uy > $INFORMIXDIR/bin/tbtape -s <<-EOI > > 0 > EOI > $INFORMIXDIR/bin/tbmode -m > > Is there a way that we can avoid having to go offline? P. 3-41 of the Online Admin Guide (5.0): "You can create archives (any level) when OnLine is in online mode or quiescent mode." If it goes offline, you wouldn't have access to the database anyway... ah, tbmode -uy: you're referring to quiescent.