Re: archive to disk w/ ontape?

Check your parameters, tape size, is it enough for holding your data. I have tried it with 5.0 and 7.1 all are running fine. -----Original Message----- From: "Christopher J. Wargaski" <cjw@interaccess.com> To: informix-list@iiug.org <informix-list@iiug.org> Date: Wednesday, June 24, 1998 12:08 ' Subject: archive to disk w/ ontape? > >I am running Informix 7.2.4 and want to do a 0 level archive to disk >instead of tape. I changed the onconfig backup device parameter to >that of the file "/backup/informix.archive" and set the size parameter >too. > >I then created a 0 size file, changed the ownership and modes of it >and restarted Informix. No errors. > >When I try the "ontape -s -L 0" command, I am asked to mount tape 1. I >press return, then I am asked to mount tape 2--for somereason, only >about 32K of data are written to the file, then it asks for another >tape to be mounted. > >Has anyone performed such a task before? > > cjw > >Christopher J. Wargaski; cjw@nospaminteraccess.com >"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." --Immanuel Kant > >The mind is like a parachute; it works much better when it's open.