Re: tbtape and alternatives

> I'm a new sys admin having to deal with Informix after coming from an Oracle > shop. The companies database backup procedures have struck me as odd and > inefficient. Whose, Oracle's? :) > I've just started to investigate this, but was hoping for some helpful > insights. I thought I'd answer anyway! :) > tbtape doesn't appear to allow you to backup to disk and I really > don't want to have to tbunload. Any ideas? You can tbtape to disk. Just touch a file name, chmod 660, chown/chgrp informix, and set your tape device name to the path. Remember to have sufficient disk space free... :) I don't generally recommend disk backups, but it should be OK if you back the disk files up quickly enough. What version are you using? I presume 5.x. Version >= 6.x has the new, improved onarchive utility.