Re: Long transaction

Jim Gordon (jgordon@csdev1.us.DHL.COM) wrote: : On Apr 28, 9:03am, Gordon Hooker wrote: : > Subject: Re: Long transaction : > Jason wrote : > : > >I dont know if this utility is generally available. A few of the sites I : have : > >worked at have had it but I did not ask how they got it. : > : > >Jason Harris (RSWA) : > : > Thanks Jason, : > : > Can anyone out there tell me where I can get this thing called tbzero, : > as a post sales support guy. This would help me no end. : > : > gordonh@acslink.net.au : This utility is an internal Informix tool that they use to restore operation of : online systems that have locked up. They use it over modems after checking : that the system can be restored in this way. The tool is not made generally : available so as to avoid users without training trying to recover a broken : online. This could have the unfortunate consequence that they manage to make : it appear recovered when in fact the data is irreparably damaged. Of course : Informix would then get the blame for not having provided a bulletproof : recovery tool. : You can ask but I don't think that you will get a copy. The only people : outside Informix who I suspect have it are the beta sites for Online. FYI - as stated earlier, this tool is an internal Informix utility that should have been deleted after use by the Informix engineers. It is for use by Informix engineers ONLY. Use of this utiity at other sites has caused serious repercussions. It could also be the basis for Informix refusing to support any instance on which it had been run. A word to the wise, if you find this utility on any system, delete it and forget that it was there. No user has authority to run it, including beta sites. : Cheers - Jim : -- : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Jim Gordon DHL Airways Inc. jgordon@us.dhl.com : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : My opinions are my own. They may vary with time but they remain mine!