Re: Using ontape to disk when archive is >2GB

Chuck Renaud wrote: > > I have mentioned this to Informix > > who seem to think TAPEDEV >2gb is okay but also came up with the standard > > line on not supporting ontape to disk. > > TAPEDEV > 2GB works fine, if you have the right version (and if > the OS allows it). There was a bug in ontape that prevented >2GB > backups to disk. It was fixed somewhere around 7.23UC5, I think. > > ontape to disk is supported, but it didn't used to be. Actually, I don't know if there was a time when it wasn't supported, although there was definitely a time when people *said* it wasn't supported (now, for instance ;-) AFAIK, Product Development and QA have always done testing with ontape (and even tbtape) to disk, therefore, it has been "supported". The article you should quote to Informix staff who insist on telling you it isn't supported is Tech Alert 6125. June -- june_t@hotmail.com Grounded in Palo Alto, living on M&M's (plain)