Informix Restore Tape question

Hello, I have a Production Informix System running 7.24.UC3 on AIX 4.3.3. I run "onstat -s -L 0" every night to my rmt1 tape drive. I am setting up another system just so I have a physical backup server in case the Production dies. When I restore the database on the backup system, it wants a second tape after about an 1 hour of restoring. Now on my Production Server, I don't backup up to a second tape, there is only one tape. Why is it asking me to put in a second tape drive? thanks!

dawaves wrote: > I have a Production Informix System running 7.24.UC3 on AIX 4.3.3. I > run "onstat -s -L 0" every night to my rmt1 tape drive. > > I am setting up another system just so I have a physical backup server > in case the Production dies. > > When I restore the database on the backup system, it wants a second > tape after about an 1 hour of restoring. Now on my Production Server, > I don't backup up to a second tape, there is only one tape. > > Why is it asking me to put in a second tape drive? > > thanks! > 1) I assume you mean ontape -s -L 0 2) how do you run the ontape on your production server - in a script and/or with cron? 3) are you SURE TAPEDEV in your onconfig points to /dev/rmt1 or whatever, and not /dev/null? -- Clive

On Feb 5, 7:47 am, Clive Eisen <c...@serendipita.com> wrote: > dawaves wrote: > > I have a Production Informix System running 7.24.UC3 on AIX 4.3.3. I > > run "onstat -s -L 0" every night to my rmt1 tape drive. > > > I am setting up another system just so I have a physical backup server > > in case the Production dies. > > > When I restore the database on the backup system, it wants a second > > tape after about an 1 hour of restoring. Now on my Production Server, > > I don't backup up to a second tape, there is only one tape. > > > Why is it asking me to put in a second tape drive? > > > thanks! > > 1) I assume you mean ontape -s -L 0 > 2) how do you run the ontape on your production server - in a script > and/or with cron? > 3) are you SURE TAPEDEV in your onconfig points to /dev/rmt1 or > whatever, and not /dev/null? > > -- > Clive Thanks for the responses! DC: 1.Yes they are large enough 2. No they are not the same on the server. Errr....the TAPESIZE on my Production Server is 70000000 (70GB), The TAPESIZE on my backup Server is 35000000 (35GB) I will make the changes on my backup Server ONCONFIG file to match that of the Production Server. Hopefully that works. Clive: 1. Yes you are absolutely right: "ontape -s -L 0" : full archive of instance 2. Yes it is run from a script that get's run by cron 3. Yes ONCONFIG points to /dev/rmt1 Thanks guys for your comments!