Re: Question about ontape and informix 7.3

You should consider attending the "7.3 Features" class. There is a very dense 21-page chapter on the changes and additions to archiving tools in 7.3, two other chapters on archiving, and mention in still other chapters. Among them: - External BAR - Restartable restore - New onstat -d flags - Physical restore update and reserve page changes - Physical log changes during fast recovery - "True" checkpoint during fast recovery - Before image capturing during archive - Timestamp wraparound issues improved - Temp file can span multiple dbspaces - 7.2 and 7.3 archives not compatible - Archecker supported - Parallel backups on NT with On-BAR - Informix Storage Manger On-BAR is the preferred method for archiving in 7.3, having all the best of ontape and onarchive. (Both of which are still supported in 7.3.) You can find the training schedule online at the Informix web site: http://www.informix.com/training . HTH, Clem At 06:42 AM 20-01-99 GMT, Carlos Bolden wrote: >( by the by, we have run into the missed archive datapages thingy ) > >I have a couple of questions. > >I have read several times over that ontape has changed in it's behavior >between 7.2 ports and 7.3 ( i.e. the "new" way that it archives datapages ) >Could someone fill me in on those changes? > >PLATFORM INFO: ( if you need it ) > >NCR 3555XP running MPRAS 3.02 >2 gig of ram >16 pentium 133's >ODS 7.24uc5 ( will soon upgrade to 7.3uc6 that's why I ask this question ) >214 gig of database space ( mixture of 4 and 2 gig disks running raid 5 using >informix mirroring ) >2 - 8 meg of raid controller cache, 2 meg of raid processor cache > >Carlos _______________________________________________________________ Clem Akins (aka clem@informix.com) Menlo Park x5937 Customer Course Development Informix Software, Inc Last seen: Lovin' the cold but sunny San Francisco bay area...

Don't have that luxry to attend the class BUT i think I can make that happen... 1) So it is safe to say that the feature of not spanning multiple temp dbspaces has been improved... 2) doesn't onbar need a storage manager, every time that I have tried to use it, it says: Version 1.0.1 of the XBSA shared library is not compatible with version 1 of ON-Bar. any help? Carlos Bolden Database Administrator Harrah's Entertainment Clem Akins wrote in message <7856fe$19n$1@news.xmission.com>... > >You should consider attending the "7.3 Features" class. There is a >very dense 21-page chapter on the changes and additions to archiving >tools in 7.3, two other chapters on archiving, and mention in still >other chapters. Among them: > - External BAR > - Restartable restore > - New onstat -d flags > - Physical restore update and reserve page changes > - Physical log changes during fast recovery > - "True" checkpoint during fast recovery > - Before image capturing during archive > - Timestamp wraparound issues improved > - Temp file can span multiple dbspaces > - 7.2 and 7.3 archives not compatible > - Archecker supported > - Parallel backups on NT with On-BAR > - Informix Storage Manger > >On-BAR is the preferred method for archiving in 7.3, having all >the best of ontape and onarchive. (Both of which are still >supported in 7.3.) > >You can find the training schedule online at the Informix web >site: http://www.informix.com/training . > >HTH, > >Clem > >At 06:42 AM 20-01-99 GMT, Carlos Bolden wrote: >>( by the by, we have run into the missed archive datapages thingy ) >> >>I have a couple of questions. >> >>I have read several times over that ontape has changed in it's behavior >>between 7.2 ports and 7.3 ( i.e. the "new" way that it archives datapages ) >>Could someone fill me in on those changes? >> >>PLATFORM INFO: ( if you need it ) >> >>NCR 3555XP running MPRAS 3.02 >>2 gig of ram >>16 pentium 133's >>ODS 7.24uc5 ( will soon upgrade to 7.3uc6 that's why I ask this question ) >>214 gig of database space ( mixture of 4 and 2 gig disks running raid 5 using >>informix mirroring ) >>2 - 8 meg of raid controller cache, 2 meg of raid processor cache >> >>Carlos > >_______________________________________________________________ >Clem Akins (aka clem@informix.com) Menlo Park x5937 >Customer Course Development Informix Software, Inc >Last seen: Lovin' the cold but sunny San Francisco bay area...