Re: Ontape Recovery -- Help!!!

ttpayne@tuc.com writes: you should also check the block size used on the tape. if it is something small ( like 512 ) it will take forever. you can check by comparing number of transactions with throughput in iostat or run dd with different block sizes. > Here is my situation. I am currently in the process of performinga full > cold restore from an Otape level-0 backup. My databaseis only 10GB in size. > I ran the ontape -r command, and it hasbeen running for 5 hours!. When I > do an onstat -, I get the followingmessage:INFORMIX-OnLine Version > 7.23.FC1 -- Fast Recovery (CKPT REQ) -- Up 05:50:25 -- 757720 Kbytes > Blocked:CKPTFurther, when I do an onstat -p, I can see that the "dskwrits" > and "pagwrits"values are increasing. Is this normal? Is ontape hung? any > help wouldbe muche appreciated.Please email responses to ttpayne@tuc.com. > -Tim > > -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- > http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own