Re: v5.05 Logical Log Backups

In article a1s@newsbf02.news.aol.com, plkapp@aol.com (PLKapp) writes: > >When the log buffer becomes full, the entire buffer is eligible to be >archived to tape. If you are going to set the tape device to /dev/null, >you might as well turn on continuous log backups. This will cause the >log buffers to be available for re-use instantly (assuming that the log >space isn't being consumed by a single transaction. That's a whole >different story :) ) Granted, this seems reasonable, but should never be necessary. Re: my previous post, same subject. If the On-Line instance involved is shut down and then restarted, this problem ought to go away. Per the manual, whenever LTAPEDEV is set to /dev/null, logical logs are freed as they are filled, and this is the normal behavior. Bill Williams E-Mail: bwilliam@jaxnet.com Flames: nobody@nowhere.com -or- redirect to /dev/null +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Disclaimer: My views, opinions, and judgments are my own. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Free scientific inquiry" is a redundancy. | | "Free governmental inquiry" is self-contradictory. | | | | Be sure to read "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. It's the world's | | greatest novel, rated #2 of those books readers said had the | | most impact on their lives (NY Times readership poll)! | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+