RE: Can I perform a Level-0 back-up onto a Disk using ontape ?
Hi!
what is the command to run ontape on disks? I thought only onarchive and
onbar can backup to disks. Anyway, configuring onarchive was terrible -
never want to do it again! Have not used onbar yet.
Thanks,
Jenny.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen F. Cawley [SMTP:sfcawley@interaccess.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 11:46 AM
> To: Nick Kataria
> Cc: informix-list@iiug.org
> Subject: 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.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
>
>
>
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