Re: database restore with ontape -r on Informix Online Dynamic Server

Neil Truby wrote: > "Carmen Constantinescu" <carmen@wylog.com> wrote in message > news:bthi4v$ujm$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... > >>Please help! >> >>I try to restore a database with ontape -r file_name like : >> $INFORMIXDIR/bin/ontape -r <<file_name >> >> y >> n >> n >> n >> file_name >> >>The error that I get is if the server is offline is :" Physical restore >>failed - function read archive backup failed code 1 errno 2". > > > What are expecting << file_name to do? In this example it is the end of file marker. However, I would check those responses. Better to run this command manually and supply the answers yourself. I thought the first question was about salvaging the existing logs. Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@MydasSolutions.com |//////// /| | Mydas Solutions Ltd http://MydasSolutions.com |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |We value your comments, which have |/// / ////| | |been recorded and automatically |// / /////| | |emailed back to us for our records.|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+ sending to informix-list

"Mark D. Stock" <mdstock@mydassolutions.com> wrote in message news:bti77v$a1g$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... > > Neil Truby wrote: > > > "Carmen Constantinescu" <carmen@wylog.com> wrote in message > > news:bthi4v$ujm$1@terabinaries.xmission.com... > >>I try to restore a database with ontape -r file_name like : > >> $INFORMIXDIR/bin/ontape -r <<file_name > >> > >> y > >> n > >> n > >> n > >> file_name > >> > > What are expecting << file_name to do? > > In this example it is the end of file marker. Oh yeah. Well, fancy calling it file_name. No wonder I was confused! And the rest of my answer was perfact anyway :-)