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Re: onlog and onbar

Posted in 2008

Topics: Backup & Restore, Logging & Checkpoints, Platform-Specific Issues, Versions, Editions & End-of-Life

Habichtsberg, Reinhard — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

> Hi all. > > IDS 9.40FC9W2, Solaris 9, Backup with onbar and Legato > Networker (nsrdbmi). > > Following the manual it should be possible to retrieve > Logical Logs file > from backup medium by specifying the Log ID. > > The manual "Administrator Reference" says: > You do not need to use the -d option if you use ON-Bar > because the storage > manager retrieves the logical-log records from the storage device. > > I understand that following should work and the logfile > should be retrieved > via onbar if it is no longer on disk: > > onlog -n 671106 > log_671106> > onlog doesn't do as expected. The message is: > Could not locate requested log uniqid. Program Terminated. > > How can I retrieve Logical Log files from backup medium if > stored with onbar > to examine the records in the file? > > Any help would be highly appreciated. > > TIA, > Reinhard. Sorry, I was a bit quick, I found two older threads I opened myself which delt with the topic, though it's no use: The undocumented workaround: "export BAR_LOGCHECK=1; onbar -P 671106" doesn't work with my version. So my need for help remains... Reinhard.

↪ replying to Habichtsberg, Reinhard
Superboer — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Hello Reinhard assume you have tried onbar -P -n <logid> ??? Superboer. On 22 apr, 12:19, "Habichtsberg, Reinhard" <RHabichtsb...@arz- emmendingen.de> wrote: > > Hi all. > > > IDS 9.40FC9W2, Solaris 9, Backup with onbar and Legato > > Networker (nsrdbmi). > > > Following the manual it should be possible to retrieve > > Logical Logs file > > from backup medium by specifying the Log ID. > > > The manual "Administrator Reference" says: > > You do not need to use the -d option if you use ON-Bar > > because the storage > > manager retrieves the logical-log records from the storage device. > > > I understand that following should work and the logfile > > should be retrieved > > via onbar if it is no longer on disk: > > > onlog -n 671106 > log_671106> > > onlog doesn't do as expected. The message is: > > Could not locate requested log uniqid. Program Terminated. > > > How can I retrieve Logical Log files from backup medium if > > stored with onbar > > to examine the records in the file? > > > Any help would be highly appreciated. > > > TIA, > > Reinhard. > > Sorry, I was a bit quick, I found two older threads I opened myself which > delt with the topic, though it's no use: > > The undocumented workaround: "export BAR_LOGCHECK=1; onbar -P 671106" > doesn't work with my version. > > So my need for help remains... > > Reinhard.

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