RE: ontape -r failed.

F Correct, it is not possible to restore 9.21 into 9.4 (or even 9.4.UC1 into 9.4.UC2). The only way is to restore the 9.21 into 9.21 and upgrade or restore into a separate 9.21 then dbexport and dbimport into 9.4. Keith -> -----Original Message----- -> From: F. David [mailto:david@uke.uni-hamburg.de] -> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 10:42 AM -> To: informix-list@iiug.org -> Subject: ontape -r failed. -> -> -> Hello, -> I need help in restoring between different Versions of Informix. -> We updated one of our two identical datbases from IDS 9.21 to IDS -> 9.40. Now I need a restore of the 9.21 database into the 9.40 -> database. -> I did an ontape -s -L 0 and tried to restore with -> onmode -k and ontape -r -> The message I got was: -> Physical restore failed - function read archive backup failed code -1 -> errno 0. -> Does it mean that it is not poosible to restore from Informix 9.21 -> into 9.40 or do I have to do something else? -> Thanks for help -> F. David -> ********************************************************************************** This message is sent in strict confidence for the addressee only. It may contain legally privileged information. The contents are not to be disclosed to anyone other than the addressee. Unauthorised recipients are requested to preserve this confidentiality and to advise the sender immediately of any error in transmission. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses, however we cannot guarantee that this message is free from such problems. ********************************************************************************** sending to informix-list