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Quickie backup to /dev/null

Posted in 1999

Topics: Server Administration

Carlson@WHSmith — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

What is the recommended methodology for running a quickie backup to /dev/null? I've been maintaining a separate ONCONFIG file and switching to it (onconfig.devnull) just for the backup procedure. Anything out there better? John Carlson Informix DBA WHSmith USA

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Art S. Kagel — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <38429E8F.CBA0DCAB@bellsouth.net>, "Carlson@WHSmith" <carlson1@bellsouth.net> wrote: > What is the recommended methodology for running a quickie backup to > /dev/null? I've been maintaining a separate ONCONFIG file and switching > to it (onconfig.devnull) just for the backup procedure. Anything out > there better? Nothing better, just variations on a theme. I have "TAPEDEV /dev/null" commented out and when I need it I comment out the tape drive's entry and uncomment this line. The operators who perform the backups have a script they use, exclusively, that lets then select the tape drive and then edits the ONCONFIG file to install the correct TAPEDEV and TAPESIZE for that drive (we have DLT7000, DLT4000, and 4mmDAT arrays on each machine) so I don't worry about forgetting to change it back. (Or I can use the script myself it also permits /dev/null.) Art S. Kagel Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

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Doug McAllister — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Try doing onbar -b -F This does a "fake" backup as if you had done ontape to /dev/null. You do not need a storage manager behind onbar to do this. Doug McAllister Informix Support Fidelity Investments Carlson@WHSmith <carlson1@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:38429E8F.CBA0DCAB@bellsouth.net... > What is the recommended methodology for running a quickie backup to > /dev/null? I've been maintaining a separate ONCONFIG file and switching > to it (onconfig.devnull) just for the backup procedure. Anything out > there better? > > John Carlson > Informix DBA > WHSmith USA

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Rudy Fernandes — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

If you have onbar, you could try " onbar -F ". Rudy "Carlson@WHSmith" wrote: > What is the recommended methodology for running a quickie backup to > /dev/null? I've been maintaining a separate ONCONFIG file and switching > to it (onconfig.devnull) just for the backup procedure. Anything out > there better? > > John Carlson > Informix DBA > WHSmith USA

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