Re: ontape forma
you can dd it from one tape to another; however make sure when dd
that you supply the blocksize used when createing the archive!!!
blocksize in $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG
TAPEBLK
if the data on dds3 is more then what fits on a dds2 then the answer
is
no you can not do this!!!
Superboer.
"Scott O'Rourke" <scott@eurolife.co.uk> wrote in message news:<ch4e8c$fp9$1@news.xmission.com>...
> Never tried it, but I guess if you use dd to do the transfer, you
> shouldn't have any problems (providing there's enough space).
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org
> > [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of H.J. Sanders
> > Sent: 01 September 2004 09:15
> > To: informix-list@iiug.org
> > Subject: ontape forma
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello list.
> >
> > Does anybody know the format of an "ontape" backup?
> >
> > Can it be copied to another media and still be used for a restore?
> >
> > To be precise: we have an ontape backup on DDS3 format but we
> > need DDS2 .
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Henk
> >
> >
> > sending to informix-list
> >
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