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>From naomi Sat Jul 3 12:02:34 MST 1993 remote from qip From: naomi@qip (Naomi Walker) Message-Id: <9307031902.AA14510@qip> Received: from qip by misty.anasazi.com; Sat, 3 Jul 93 12:02:36 MST Received: by qip (5.61/1.2) (from naomi (Naomi Walker) to informix-list@rmy.emory.edu) id AA14510; Sat, 3 Jul 93 12:02:35 -0700 Subject: Re:tbtape To: informix-list@rmy.emory.edu (Informix List) Date: Sat, 3 Jul 93 12:02:34 MST In-Reply-To: <9307021539.AA13180@rmy.rmy.emory.edu>; from "Bryan Klopfenstein" at Jul 2, 93 11:36 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1201 > > } >tbtape -s -N dbname > } > turns logging off > } > } >tbtape -s -U dbname > } > turns unbuffered logging on > } > } >tbtape -s -B dbname > } > turns buffered logging on > } > } >All this can be done with the engine online. > } > } But the original question was about 4.00. tbtape didn't support this > } until 4.10. > > And I seem to remember that even under 4.10, the database was required > to be in quiescent mode and the tbtape command must be run by the > user informix. I have been doing it this way even under 5.0 -- I wasn't > aware this would work with the engine online. Nope. I run tbtape, and fake archives all the time to change logging, with the engine UP, with Online 4.1. This has worked for me on Pyramid Servers, 486 boxes, as well as NCR towers (running interactive unix). > } I reckon tbmonitor is the only way to do it (post-import) in 4.00. > This matches my other memories (one of the main reasons we were glad > to get 4.10 at the time). -- Naomi Walker (aka N7FSA) naomi@anasazi.com Phoenix, Arizona To get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with. ---Mark Twain