Help Quick - ONTAPE (is my backup still good)

I hope someone has an answer quick, because I can't find it in the IDS 7.3x Admin Guide, nor Archive and Backup Guide. We are running a Level 0 Archive to our DLT drive. Another Power User logged on and attempted to change the logging status and issued the command "ontape -s -L 0 -B databasename". When prompted to mount the tape by the ontape utility, the realized that the tape parameter wasn't "/dev/null" and CTRL-C out of the program. The ongoing Level 0 was not interrupted. The fact that they got to the point of being asked to mount the tape, to the same device that our leve 0 was running out to, and they broke out of the program, would this impact the integrity of our Level 0? > Anthony Ojeda > Systems Administrator > Latham & Watkins > Attorneys At Law > 520 South Grand Ave, Ste 200 > Los Angeles, California 90071 > (213) 891-7211 anthony.ojeda@lw.com > This email may contain material that is confidential, privileged and/or attorney work product for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, reliance or distribution by others or forwarding without express permission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. Latham & Watkins LLP

It depends on wheither the OS let two processes access the same tape. It's probably OK. But why risk it? Assume that it is corrupt and rerun the level 0. "Anthony.Oje...." <Anthony.Ojeda@LW To: ids@iiug.org .com> cc: Sent by: Subject: Help Quick - ONTAPE (is my backup still good) [2020] forum.subscriber@ iiug.org 10/10/2003 07:57 AM I hope someone has an answer quick, because I can't find it in the IDS 7.3x Admin Guide, nor Archive and Backup Guide. We are running a Level 0 Archive to our DLT drive. Another Power User logged on and attempted to change the logging status and issued the command "ontape -s -L 0 -B databasename". When prompted to mount the tape by the ontape utility, the realized that the tape parameter wasn't "/dev/null" and CTRL-C out of the program. The ongoing Level 0 was not interrupted. The fact that they got to the point of being asked to mount the tape, to the same device that our leve 0 was running out to, and they broke out of the program, would this impact the integrity of our Level 0? > Anthony Ojeda > Systems Administrator > Latham & Watkins > Attorneys At Law > 520 South Grand Ave, Ste 200 > Los Angeles, California 90071 > (213) 891-7211 anthony.ojeda@lw.com > This email may contain material that is confidential, privileged and/or attorney work product for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, reliance or distribution by others or forwarding without express permission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. Latham & Watkins LLP

Hi, no. I don't think so. You can check your IDS message log (online.log file, see MSGPATH in your $ONCONFIG file ...). It should only contain messages about begin and end from the correct archive. There should not be any message from the bogus archive attempt. Regards, Martin -- Martin Fuerderer IBM Informix Development Munich Data Management Solutions "Anthony.Oje...." <Anthony.Ojeda@LW.com> Sent by: forum.subscriber@iiug.org 10.10.2003 14:57 To: ids@iiug.org cc: Subject: Help Quick - ONTAPE (is my backup still good) [2020] I hope someone has an answer quick, because I can't find it in the IDS 7.3x Admin Guide, nor Archive and Backup Guide. We are running a Level 0 Archive to our DLT drive. Another Power User logged on and attempted to change the logging status and issued the command "ontape -s -L 0 -B databasename". When prompted to mount the tape by the ontape utility, the realized that the tape parameter wasn't "/dev/null" and CTRL-C out of the program. The ongoing Level 0 was not interrupted. The fact that they got to the point of being asked to mount the tape, to the same device that our leve 0 was running out to, and they broke out of the program, would this impact the integrity of our Level 0? > Anthony Ojeda > Systems Administrator > Latham & Watkins > Attorneys At Law > 520 South Grand Ave, Ste 200 > Los Angeles, California 90071 > (213) 891-7211 anthony.ojeda@lw.com > This email may contain material that is confidential, privileged and/or attorney work product for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, reliance or distribution by others or forwarding without express permission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. Latham & Watkins LLP