Re: Can I perform a Level-0 back-up onto a Disk using ontape ?
Yes, but remember that your backup is now on disk.
SC
> Hi Geoffrey,
>
> Good Strategy! Is it safe?
>
> Thanks,
> Nick.
> Geoffrey Poole <Geoffrey.Poole@ogs.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:87rcvp$ej2$1@news.xmission.com...
> >
> > If more than 2GB is required set TAPESIZE in onconfig to 2GB (value stated
> > in KB) and ontape will prompt you to change tape when "full", then move
> the
> > file to different file name (ontape.level0.1) then "touch TAPEDEV" file -
> > ontape expects target file to exist - then press return to the ontape
> > command. This can all be scripted if you have a many times 2GB to archive.
> > Geoff Poole
> > geoffrey.poole@ogs.co.uk
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Murray Wood [SMTP:murray@quanta.co.nz]
> > > Sent: 09 February 2000 01:25
> > > To: informix-list@iiug.org
> > > Subject: RE: Can I perform a Level-0 back-up onto a Disk using ontape
> > > ?
> > >
> > >
> > > Yes. As long as the archive is less than 2Gb. (A limit of lseek).
> > > Create
> > > the file and chmod 660 and informix informix.
> > >
> > > Murray Wood
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org
> > > [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org]On Behalf Of Paul Jazwierski
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 11:39 AM
> > > To: informix-list@iiug.org
> > > Subject: Re: Can I perform a Level-0 back-up onto a Disk using ontape ?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > It might also be necessary to set the atributes for the file to 664
> > > informix informix. That's what I had to do for log backups to disk per
> > > friendly advice of a newsgroup reader.
> > >
> > >
> > >