Re: Testing Online 5.0's tbtape backup ... How?

In article <19971111174400.MAA05214@ladder01.news.aol.com>, VFraenkle <vfraenkle@aol.com> writes >Im Artikel <635ob8$sm8$1@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca>, napier@chem.ubc.ca (Duncan >Napier) schreibt: > >>Hi, >> >>We are using Informix Online 5.0 on an IBM RS6000 running AIX 4.1.5 >> and we do regular tbtape backups of the database to an 8mm backup >> tape (the tape drive is an IBM 7208-001). We run tbtape -s from >> the command line and do level 0 backups daily. >> >>We have never needed to perform a restore, and I was wondering if >> there is a way to check the integrity of the tape and its contents. >> Our dealer told us that the only way to check is to do a complete >> restore. Is this the only option? >> > >The only way I know, is to restore the backup! >greetings Volker Do you have Recgency Support with Informix? If so you may be able to get hold of a tool called 'archecker'. I'm not sure if this works with Online 5.x archives or just Online 7.x archives. If yuo cannot use this tool (which only appeared recently and is an internal Informix tool and last i heard was in beta), then yes the only way is to try and restore. Does anyone at Informix know the current status of the archecker tool? -- David Williams