ontape restore help

I am trying my first ontape restore (no emergency just learning). Steps: level 0 ontape -s dropped my database and dbspace that the database was on Set the tape to /dev/null and used ontape -s Set the tape back to /dev/rmt/0 ontape -r but it said the dbspace did not exist. I recreated thedbspace with the exact same size as before. ontape -r -D cdiArchive Tape Information Tape type: Archive Backup Tape Online version: IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.UC7 Archive date: Thu Apr 27 07:30:18 2006 User id: root Terminal id: /dev/pts/1 Archive level: 0 Tape device: /dev/rmt/0 Tape blocksize (in k): 512 Tape size (in k): 500000000 Tape number in series: 1 Continue restore? (y/n)y Spaces to restore:1 [cdi ] Physical restore failed - Archived 'cdi' is a different space from the current 'cdi'. Only physical restores of existing spaces are allowed. onstat -d:address number flags fchunk nchunks flags owner name 8a1127e8 1 0x20001 1 1 N informix rootdbs 8ad0be60 2 0x42001 2 1 N TB informix dbtmp 8ad0c018 3 0x1 3 1 N informix dbplog 8ad0c178 4 0x40001 4 1 N B informix dblogs 8ad0c2d8 5 0x60005 5 1 ND B informix cdi 5 active, 2047 maximum Chunks address chunk/dbs offset size free bpages flags pathname 8a112948 1 1 0 250000 247308 PO-- /dev/informix/rootdb 8ad0b840 2 2 0 7500000 7499947 PO-B /dev/informix/dbtmp 8ad0b9c8 3 3 0 500000 199947 PO-- /dev/informix/dbplog 8ad0bb50 4 4 0 4000000 2997447 PO-B /dev/informix/dblogs 8ad0bcd8 5 5 0 200000000 0 PD-B /dev/informix/cdi 5 active, 32766 maximum Expanded chunk capacity mode: enabled What am I doing wrong? Thanks Gary Quiring

Doh!!! It works much better when the engine is not running!!!