Re: online logical log tapes only partially fill !!

Posted in 1997

Neil — 13 Oct 1997 07:46:40 -0700 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <01bcd75c$a852e820$2745a8c2@default>, "Des says... > > >Hi, > >I have a Sun Ultra enterprise server running Informix under Solaris 2.5.1 >and using a 4mm cartidge drive for backup purposes. > >Our continous logical log backup tapes keep filling prematurely ?? >i.e. - the backup asks for fresh tape and yet only contains 20 logical >logs. >This amounts to 20 meg of data in our setup - but our 90metre cartridges >should hold over 2.5 gig !! >Any ideas what could be amiss ??? There is no evidence of a fault with the >drive. Check the value of LTAPESIZE in your $ONCONFIG/$TBCONFIG file. It's probably limiting the size of your log back-ups. Neil Truby Chase Manhattan Bank neil.truby@nospam.chase.com