Command for a compressed ontape to filesystem

Hello, I am using IDS11.10 on Solaris 10. Please let me know the command for a compressed ontape to filesystem . Thanking you in advance. Regards, vikas

If you set TAPDEV to STDIO ( I think ) then this will work. ontape -s -L 0 | gzip > bck1.gz There is a command line option to send the output to stdout without modifying TAPEDEV, at the moment I can't think of it. Check the Backup and Restore manual. From the other recent post it is probably "-t STDIO". Restore is the opposite: gunzip -c bck1.gz | ontape -p You would also want to ensure that your TAPESIZE is large enough to support the full backup. Not sure if it would prompt you to change tapes when it hit that point - all of this is something that's on my list to explore, but I haven't delved far enough yet. j. Sane ego te vocavi. Forsitan capedictum tuum desit. -----Original Message----- From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org]On Behalf Of VIKAS HIVARKAR Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 6:02 AM To: ids@iiug.org Subject: Command for a compressed ontape to filesystem [11658] Hello, I am using IDS11.10 on Solaris 10. Please let me know the command for a compressed ontape to filesystem . Thanking you in advance. Regards, vikas **************************************************************************** *** Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. See you at the IIUG Informix 2008 Conference The Power Conference for Informix Professionals April 27 - 30, 2008 Marriott Overland Park (Kansas City), Kansas http://www.iiug.org/conf Registration Now Open!!

Hi, In IDS 11, you can set a filter in onconfig. Ontape will honour this one (just execute ontape -s -L 0) TAPEDEV /<some_path_for_backup>/ # Tape device path BACKUP_FILTER /bin/gzip RESTORE_FILTER /bin/gzip -d -c TAPEBLK 32 # Tape block size (Kbytes) TAPESIZE 1024000000 Marcus -----Original Message----- From: VIKAS HIVARKAR [mailto:vikashivarkar3@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:02 PM To: ids@iiug.org Subject: Command for a compressed ontape to filesystem [11658] Hello, I am using IDS11.10 on Solaris 10. Please let me know the command for a compressed ontape to filesystem . Thanking you in advance. Regards, vikas ************************************************************************ ******* Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. See you at the IIUG Informix 2008 Conference The Power Conference for Informix Professionals April 27 - 30, 2008 Marriott Overland Park (Kansas City), Kansas http://www.iiug.org/conf Registration Now Open!!

This works really well, but there is a PMR under Linux whereby archecker cannot read the compressed archive. So if you intend to use archecker then you are better off gzip'ing the backup afterwards Cheers Paul Paul Watson Tel: +1 913-400-2620 Mob: +1 913-387-7529 Web: www.oninit.com Failure is not as frightening as regret. If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid. > -----Original Message----- > From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of > Marcus Haarmann > Sent: 19 March 2008 07:42 > To: ids@iiug.org > Subject: RE: Command for a compressed ontape to filesystem [11660] > > Hi, > > In IDS 11, you can set a filter in onconfig. Ontape will honour this > one > (just execute ontape -s -L 0) > > TAPEDEV /<some_path_for_backup>/ # Tape device path > BACKUP_FILTER /bin/gzip > RESTORE_FILTER /bin/gzip -d -c > TAPEBLK 32 # Tape block size (Kbytes) > TAPESIZE 1024000000> > Marcus > > -----Original Message----- > From: VIKAS HIVARKAR [mailto:vikashivarkar3@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:02 PM > To: ids@iiug.org > Subject: Command for a compressed ontape to filesystem [11658] > > Hello, > I am using IDS11.10 on Solaris 10. > > Please let me know the command for a compressed ontape to filesystem . > > Thanking you in advance. > > Regards, > vikas > > *********************************************************************** > * > ******* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > See you at the IIUG Informix 2008 Conference > The Power Conference for Informix Professionals > April 27 - 30, 2008 Marriott Overland Park (Kansas City), Kansas > http://www.iiug.org/conf > Registration Now Open!! > > > *********************************************************************** > ******** > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > See you at the IIUG Informix 2008 Conference > The Power Conference for Informix Professionals > April 27 - 30, 2008 Marriott Overland Park (Kansas City), Kansas > http://www.iiug.org/conf > Registration Now Open!! > > ======================================================================= > ==================== > Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic > communications disclaimer: > > http://www.oninit.com/home/disclaimer.php > > ======================================================================= > ==================== ================================================================================ =========== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.oninit.com/home/disclaimer.php ================================================================================ ===========

Hi, The answer is not a single command. See chapter 13 of the IBM Informix Backup and Restore Guide. YOu can get that manual at http://www.elink.ibmlink.ibm.com/publications/servlet/pbi.wss?CTY=US&FNC=SRX&PBL =G229-6361-00 . The technique is to set the TAPEDEV, BACKUP_FILTER and RESTORE_FILTER and parameters in the onconfig file to the location for the archive and whatever compression/decompression program you choose. /bin/compress and /bin/uncompress are examples, but you may prefer gzip or something else. TAPEDEV may be set to the path of whatever directory should hold the backup file. With those paramters set, just to the regular ontape -s -L 0. Cheers, Dick Snoke IBM Data Management - ChannelWorks dsnoke@us.ibm.com (404) 487-1595 From: "VIKAS HIVARKAR" <vikashivarkar3@gmail.com> To: ids@iiug.org Date: 03/19/2008 07:02 AM Subject: Command for a compressed ontape to filesystem [11658] Hello, I am using IDS11.10 on Solaris 10. Please let me know the command for a compressed ontape to filesystem . Thanking you in advance. Regards, vikas ******************************************************************************* Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. See you at the IIUG Informix 2008 Conference The Power Conference for Informix Professionals April 27 - 30, 2008 Marriott Overland Park (Kansas City), Kansas http://www.iiug.org/conf Registration Now Open!!