Re: ontape-testing the tapes by restoring to a different platform?

Graham Bartlett wrote: > > i've recently had problems with corrupted tapes. I was thinking about > restoring to a different, less expensive server to test the validity of the > tape. I currently do this from one intel server to another, but I have an > Alpha system to check. > The scenario is; > Dec Alpha 4100 running OSF1 v3.2 and Informix Online v5 > backup using ontape to DLT device. Data volume approx 8 Gbytes > > Check DLT using > Intel server running SCO OS 5.0.4 and Informix Online V5 withe necessary > instance/devices configured to restore from tape. > > Any information and constructive criticism will be gratefully received. > Thanks > -- > Graham Bartlett > If Emailing remove the X Hi Graham, I don't believe that you can simply restore the data from a DEC Alpha to an SCO box. The Informix page content is platform dependent ( the physical processor ). On Intel platforms the INT/SMALLINT-words are stored in a different order and Informix is using the binary format in their pages. Bye Stefan Weideneder -- Stefan Weideneder ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------