Re: Ontape recovery ?

In article <6anp29$s1s@camel19.mindspring.com>, Barry Leb <barryleb@atl.mindspring.com> writes >Hopefully, I can present this in a cohereny manner. > >This is the situation. We backup our 7.14 database using ontape. We >have a problem where some data got blown away several weeks ago, and >it was just now discovered. I have an ontape Level 0 from three weeks >ago. Obviously, I can't restore this tape to the current production >database. > >What I would like to do is restore this tape on the same machine in a >different instance using the same chunk names but using symbolic links >to different raw devices. For example: > >Current production database resides in the dbspace pdata. >pdata's pathname is /dev/informix/prod/pdata. >In turn, /dev/informix/prod/pdata is a symbolic link to >/dev/vg01/pdata. > >For the restored database I have also create a chunk called pdata. >However, pdata's pathname in this instance is >/dev/informix/restore/rdata which in turn is a symbolic link to >/dev/vg02/rdata. > >Will this restore procedure work, all other configuration parameters >being equal, without clobbering my production database? > >In other words, does the ontape -r actually look to the pathnames to >the chunk, or does it only care that the chunk exists in the new >instance? > Online stores pathnames to the chunk... Basically the pathname you give it when you create the chunk is what gets stored. You CAN give a relative pathname e.g ./chunk1 however this would mean you must ALWAYS start online from the directory containing chunk1. In this situation it looks like you are stuck... >Barry Leb > >National Linen Service >1420 Peachtree Street >MS #314 >Atlanta, GA 30309 > >(404) 853-6119 >(404) 853-6485 fax >e-mail: barryleb@mindspring.com > -- 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