Re: IDS (IUS) backup and recovery??

In article <grimes.886024850@access2>, Seth Grimes <grimes@access2.digex.net> writes >Anyone have opinions to share on use of ON-Tape vs. ON-Archive for >Informix-Dynamic Server (9.12, Solaris) backup and recovery? I haven't >worked much with the Online 7.x versions of these utilities but I >remember hearing bad things about ON-Archive. I'd be setting automatic >backup of logical logs and periodic DB logging, all to disk, with >system backups picking up the disk files nightly. ON-Bar isn't an >option because there's no storage manager in place. Thanks, > > Seth I believe 7.3 will have a default storage manager... When I went on my Informix DBA course and Informix UK even the Informix instructor did not recommend OnArchive. OnArhive was NOT written by Informix but by an outside contractor. Informix didn't like it so they wrote OnBar themselves. I would use ontape remembering that point in time recovery is not available and you can only use one tape drive containing one tape.. -- David Williams Maintainer of the Informix FAQ Primary site (Beta Version) http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you, For you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here standing, Until the bitter end... So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm... All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care