Re: Log backup on /dev/null

In article <6va4f5$bg5$1@news.xmission.com>, Octav Chiriac <com@netinfo- moldova.com> writes >The system doesn't crash. As the logical-log is getting full >it is marked as backed-up (in case when your logical log backup device >is set to /dev/null). A fun feature on-Line 7 is that you MUST take On-Line offline (unload shared memory and reinitialise) if you want to change the logical log backup device from a 'real' device to '/dev/null', otherwise On-Line will not release used logical logs until you run 'ontape -a' or 'ontape -c' (to back up the log to /dev/null). This is the only case where you need to take On-Line down to change the logical log backup configuration (changing it FROM '/dev/null' to a real tape device works fine without restarting the server). -- Peter Wotherspoon