Re: Testing archives

> > Is there anyway to test whether my archive tape is any good - > other than trying a restore from it? When I do a level 0 > archive from cron, my mail shows me the percent done messages > up to 30% and then it jumps to 100% and gives me the list of > tape necessary to restore the system (one). What's happening > to 40% and 50%, etc? Rather disconcerting. Archive status > in tbmonitor shows the same tape info. 100% reflects how much tape or other media it expects to take up based on the size of the engine - including blank pages. So it rolls along and your database is only 20% full, it gets to 20% and says "Hey! that's it we're outta here" - and skips directly to the 100%. j. _____________________________________________________________________________ Jack Parker | Hewlett Packard, BSMC Boise, Idaho, USA| He who talks most, talks least. jparker@hpbs3645.boi.hp.com | _____________________________________________________________________________ Any opinions expressed herein are my own and not those of my employers. _____________________________________________________________________________