Re: Confirm backups

---- you wrote: > In article <wog74.475$aE3.107339@typhoon1.gnilink.net>, > "Tony Costa" <tcosta@bellatlantic.net> wrote: > > I am a bit concerned that the ontape -s backups I am running are > infact good > > backups. How can a backup be confirmed to be a quality restorable > backup? > > IDS 7.3x comes with archecker which is a utility that can verify an > archive for internal consistency to make sure that nothing needed to > have a successful restore is missing. It verifies system reserved > pages and bitmaps and makes sure that every page indicated on a bitmap > as being in use is present on the archive. Instructions are contained > in the release notes. If you have an earlier version then archecker > is available from tech support. The only thing the 7.30 release notes mention about archecker Dude, is: The archive checker tool for ontape and ON-Bar is not documented or supported for customers. Only Informix technical support or consultants can use it. About as useful as a non-hallucinatory drug! Maybe it's supported in version 7.31? AB ---------------------------------------------------------------- Get your free email from AltaVista at http://altavista.iname.com