Re: Help w/dbexport to tape

Posted in 1998

Peter Tashkoff — Wed, 18 Feb 1998 06:40:21 +1300 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

dbexport has a maximum size of 2 gig, read tfm for full details. hth rgds >>> Rolando Blazquez <rblazquez@thesis.com.ar> 17/02/98 10:59:11 >>> Hi, I'm running OnLine 5.01 in a Unixware box. My Tape configuration for archives and bkp of L'Logs is: MODIFYING TAPE PARAMETERS Tape Device [/dev/rct0 ] Block Size [ 16] Kbytes Tape Size [ 4000000] Kbytes Log Tape Device [/dev/null ] Block Size [ 32] Kbytes Tape Size [ 2000000] Kbytes Now, i'm trying to dbexport a DB of about 3.5 Gb using the command: dbexport mybase -t /dev/rct0 -b 16 -s 4000000 and it responds : Block size must be less than or equal to tape size I don't understand this, please help. Thanks.-