Question on the Archive TAPEDEV size

Hi everybody, I have a unique problem. I am being forced to increase the size of my TAPESIZE variable in the onconfig file to something greater than the actual capacity of the TAPE, if I need my regular backup ( ontape -s ) to work fine. Well, this restriction is being forced by some @#$@$ system administration tool that is installed on top of UNIX. ( Don't look at me, the decision was not mine to take, and besides, I was not here ). Anyway, this tool was working fine until version 7.13, and last weekend we upgraded to 7.23, and we don't have a backup since then! According to their support staff, we have to disable Informix from detecting the end of tape, and let the tool do it. The question I have is as follows:- Somewhere deep in this user group mail, I remember reading that if you actually set the tapesize to more than the capacity of the tape, it might crash the server. My environment is IBM AIX 4.1.4, Informix ODS ver 7.123 UC1,and for anyone who wants the name of the #$@#$ system administration tool, e-mail me !! Anybody know anything about this ?? Will it cause serious problems if I do this? ******************************************************************************** ****************************** * Sujata Soman * * E-Mail: ssoman@omm.com * * Database Administrator ( Informix ) * * O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles * ******************************************************************************** ******************************