Re: Ontape -r asking for non-existent tape 2

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:45:44 GMT, "Andrew" <andrew.gothard1@<nospam ta}ntlworld.com> wrote: >IDS 9.21 >Windows 2000 Advanced Server sp2 > >Brief history of whine >Use Informix as backend to BaaN ERP system. >Backend to BaaN ERP > >Restored live onto test server (approx 216 Gb) > .. snipped .. >Backup is to a disc file on the same server. Live and test environments are >an almost exact copy of each other (other then BaaN configuration issues). > >Obviously, next stage is to test the restore, which I'd assumed would be a >no brainer. Turned out it was, but not in the way I'd expected. >While the backup looked sweet, finished OK - no errors or issues I can see - >it gets to a point in the restore when it asks for a tape 2. > Was TAPESIZE changed as well? >Now - given that the restore is from a backup to a single disc file, and >that's from a backup to the same single disc file - I find that surprising. >Obviously - there is no tape 2. I *could* <Ctrl - C> but as fate would have >it we've had expensive consultants doing expensive stuff - and >communications breakdown is an unpopular phrase with senior management >expecting a demo. > How big is the disk file backup? I don't think that 9.21 allowed for disk sizes greater than 2G, but this is Windows here, so . . . . ? >Question is - is it hosed - or is there a retrieval mechanism anyone here >can give me? All I know is that any time I've stopped a restore >inappropriately (it's happened - we do about 4-6 test DR's a year) - it's >back to square one. Suspect that square one this time's going to bring me >to the same problem point. > JWC