RE: ontape -s to disk
Sorry for dual reply, but there used to be some scripts in the IIUG
repository that handled multiple tape ontape backups.
If I remember I had to tweak them some for my environment, but I managed
to get it to work.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org]
On Behalf Of wcottishpoet
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 7:12 PM
To: informix-list@iiug.org
Subject: Re: ontape -s to disk
Guys,
I don't want to spoil the party here, but how do you all identify if the
backup succeeded, or if Informix sent a message "please insert the next
tape and press return".
this will occur if you archive exceeds the size of your TAPEDEV as
defined.
this is why IBM informix general don't support archives taken using
ontape and a script as there is little if any error handling done so
some months - and archive after archive - later your restore fails with
a message "Please insert the second tape" and you don't have one.
oh and ....
"I rather use onbar with ISM, but no $$$"
both onbar and ISM are included with the 7 and 9 servers so I'm not sure
you need $$$s.
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