onbar problem

Hi We have recently upgraded to 11.50.FC5 on Hp-ux 11.31.ia and have problems running level 1 backups When we tried to start a level1 backup 22 hours after a level 0 , we got this message : 2009-10-05 19:00:41 18160 18157 Unable to start the storage space backup: The existing level-0 backup for DBspace rootdbs is too old to allow any incremental backup.. It doesn't seem to be quite the same problem we had with 10.00.FC6 The reason then was an excessive use of timestamps which made the level 0 backup outdated in less than a day I'd be grateful for tips here as running level 0 backups every night on the history-base is hard on tapes and timeslots regards Ole Martin Aas

Hi, normally this message is triggered by a flag set for a dbspace (rootdbs in this case). But for the backup process (and someone receiving the message and checking the flag) it is a bit difficult to tell, what is the root cause, i.e. the reason why this flag was set in the first place. There are several different occasions where this flag gets set, mostly when there are some "structural changes" like adding/removing a dbspace, etc. In your case I think the best advice that I can give is to open a call with IBM Informix Tech Support to have them look closely at the problem. Based on their advice it may be necessary to do some specific monitoring in order to find which condition sets the flag. Regards, Martin -- Martin Fuerderer IBM Informix Development Munich, Germany Information Management IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Martin Jetter Board of Management: Erich Baier Corporate Seat: Boeblingen, Germany Reg.-Gericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 243294 informix-list-bounces@iiug.org wrote on 10/07/2009 11:07:33 AM: > > Hi > > We have recently upgraded to 11.50.FC5 on Hp-ux 11.31.ia > and have problems running level 1 backups > When we tried to start a level1 backup 22 hours after a level 0 , we > got > this message : > > 2009-10-05 19:00:41 18160 18157 Unable to start the storage space > backup: The > existing level-0 backup for DBspace rootdbs is too old to > allow any incremental backup.. > > It doesn't seem to be quite the same problem we had with 10.00.FC6 > The reason then was an excessive use of timestamps which made the > level 0 backup outdated in less than a day > > I'd be grateful for tips here as running level 0 backups every night > on the > history-base is hard on tapes and timeslots > > regards > Ole Martin Aas > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list