Re: BackUp

Sven Graefe wrote: > > Hello, > > How can I delete (clear) full log-files, without any BackUp on disk or > tape? > > If there no possibility, how can I make the easiest BackUp on disk? > I don't need the log-files. But I have to use unbuffered logging and so > the log-files are full in a shortest time. > > I had set LTAPEDEV=/dev/null before I initialize this database-server > with oninit -i. > > (database-server: 9.14.UC2-1 on Sun Solaris (2.5.1)) > > When will the log-files be cleared, after all log-files are full or one > log-file will be cleared, if it is no longer in use? > > Can I shutdown the server, so that whenever I start server the log-files > are clear? You are confused, probably because you recently upgraded from 5.xx. Later versions of IDS (7.xx+) do not mark the logs free (flag F) until the instant before each file is reused then its status is changed from 'B' to 'F' and as soon as he first entry is written to it the status is cleared to current. This was done so that onlog could display all logs on disk not just the current log. Not to worry everything is working fine. Art S. Kagel