Re: Moving logical logs backup to disk

Hi Robert, The storage manager backup client runs on the database server, the storage manager backup server and tape run on a different server. We actually want to get rid of the storage manager backup software and just use informix to output the logs and database backups to disk. They can then be backed up to tape from the disk copy. We already do informix external backups to disk. We just need to backup the logical logs to disk as well. Thanks Gerry Robert Seifert <robert.seifert@de.ibm.com> 08/12/2006 04:18 a.m. To gsturkenboom@lic.co.nz cc informix-list@iiug.org, informix-list-bounces@iiug.org Subject Re: Moving logical logs backup to disk Gerry, You mentioned that the sys admin guys at your site want to retire the seperate server with tape drive. Just for clarification, does this mean that this server also is the storage manager server or is this just the configured backup target with tape devices only? If this is the last case, and you want to have the ability to switch from tape to disk devices you could label new volumes on new volume pools on the storage manager server, for example named as NSRINFDISKDATA or *LOGS. After labeling new volumes using disk devices and assigned to one of created volume pools as mentioned above, the switch from tape to disk devices by changing the related env vars at storage manager client should work. Then, at storage manager client (db host) site you may change the related env vars from e.g.(The following is for Legato, but as far as I remember Soltice might have similiar env vars) NSR_DATA_VOLUME_POOL=NSRINFDATA NSR_LOG_VOLUME_POOL=NSRINFLOGS to NSR_DATA_VOLUME_POOL=NSRINFDISKDATA NSR_LOG_VOLUME_POOL=NSRINFDISKLOGS See also thread ' Logical log backups [7889]'. Of course, this needs to be tested, also the restore. HTH, Robert Robert Seifert _________________________________________________________________ IBM Deutschland GmbH, Information Management Solutions, Software, Informix Products, Advanced Support Elite VAR support engineer Development Support for IBM Informix Products on-site @ SAP c/o SAP AG, -PS03-,Neurottstrasse 16, D-69190 Walldorf, Germany _________________________________________________________________ informix-list-bounces@iiug.org wrote on 06.12.2006 21:58:17: > > Hi, > > Does anyone know how to redirect our logical logs backup from tape > to disk? We currently use a storage manager and onbar and a seperate > server with tape drive for this purpose. The sys admin guys want to > retire the seperate server with tape drive. > > This is our configuration: > Operating System: Solaris 9 > Database: Informix 7.30.UC2 > Storage Manager:Solstice Backup 5.1 Turbo 10 > > Thanks > Gerry_______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list