Re: Informix Backup ...

Your TAPESIZE configuration parameter is larger than the backup device will hold. This means you will have to either go to two tapes or files depending on backup method. You also need to reduce the TAPESIZE parameter to something less than the maximum amount of data your backup device will hold. ---"Thalavoipuram, Kalyan" wrote: > > > We are doing a level 0 archive using ontape. It was working quite fine > for a long time. > Recently we are getting an error after 90 % of it is done ... The error > that we get is > > Archive failed - function write to tape failed code -1 errno 2. > > Does anybody know as to what to look for in this case. > > We are using INFORMIX-OnLine Verson 7.20.UC2 running on solaris 2.5 on > a sparc > Ultra-2 box. > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > Thanks, > Kalyan. > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com