Onbar & Storage Managers

I am new to the Informix Online and I am trying to provide a way to manage backup and restore with On-bar. Here are some of the questions that I have: o Do I really need a storage manager (networker, netbackup). o Since onbar is a command line application, is it practical to write a backup/restore interface around the onbar utility. (I need to provide scheduled backups capability as well) o Does Storage manager or onbar initiate task. Does my application talk to onbar or the storate manager. o If onbar initiates and Storage Manager is merely a background process, how does storage manager communicate events to onbar, i.e. out of tape, device is busy, etc.? Any help is greatly appreciated, Emilio A. Cacayoren ---------------------------------------------------------------- Software Developer INTERNET: emilio@drmail.lucent.com Lucent Technologies FAX: 303-538-7898 VOICE MAIL: 303-538-5229 ----------------------------------------------------------------