tbtape wants a second tape

INFORMIX OnLine 5.05 -- HP-UX 10.01 I have the following lines in user INFORMIX's crontabfile. Most of the time it works great and gives me an unattended level zero archive on one tape. # Level 0 archive of On-Line Engine 00 1 * * 2-6 TBCONFIG=tbconfig.cars; INFORMIXDIR=/usr/informix; export TBCONFIG INFORMIXDIR; echo '\\n0' | /usr/informix/bin/tbtape -s | head -100 > /tmp/archiv e.log 2>&1 ; mailx -s "OLE Archive" daniel cdiemert < /tmp/archive.log But some nights it requests a second tape (and subsequently fails). There doesn't seem to be much evidence of massive system activity (would that even affect how much tape was needed?). If I leave the same tape in the drive and start an archive manually during the the day, it finishes just fine on one tape. Any theories? -- Dan Madvig e-mail: d-madvig@bethel.edu Bethel College & Seminary phone: (612) 638-6414 3900 Bethel Drive fax: (612) 638-6001 St. Paul, MN 55112 "Write a wise saying and your name will live forever" -- Anonymous