Re: Backups

pmilitzer@ultracom.com wrote: > > Hi there, > > I'm new to informix and unix, so if the question is vague sorry in > advance. We are looking at the backup situation w/ the informix 7 . > > We have 2 tape drives rmt0 and rmt1. > > We would like to do a archive level 0 backup daily on rmt0 and run the > continuos backup on rmt1. > > We would like to automate it as much as possible. Is there a way to > run the ontape commands in the backround, using the & or -bg or as a > cron job. > > We want the continuos backup to run during the day and have it run in > the backround, with the output going to a file so that we catch any > messages. Then at midnight kill that job and start the archive level > 0 backup on the other tape drive. Then in the morning when we come > in replace the tape and start all over again with the continous backup > running in the backround . > > Can this be done? If so how ? (or where can I to refer to) > Yes you can do this as long as your archive or continuous logging will fit on a single tape. We're doing almost the same thing. We have continuous logging running in the background to one tape device with stdout and stderr being redirected to a file so we can see any messages. At the end of the week, we kill the continuous logging with a "kill -s sigterm". Ontape then displays the log #s contained on that tape to the log file and we label the tape accordingly. We then restart continuous logging in the background with a new tape. Our script looks something like the following: ontape -c <<EOF >>ontape.log 2>>&1 EOF We nohup the script and place it in the background using: nohup <scriptname> & You need to put a carriage return between the "ontape" and the "EOF" above. You can do the same thing with a level 0 archive by substituting the "ontape -c" with "ontape -s -L 0" and redirecting the output to another file. Stefanie Vario ZenaComp Incorporated svario@zenacomp.com