Re: Archive to disk

Posted in 2005

Paul Watson — Sat, 28 May 2005 09:52:17 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

If you intending to compress the 'tapes' later I tend to run 1GB tapes as they gzip quickly when compared to larger files. malcolm weallans wrote: > If you are running IDS 9.3 it is easy. Just set tapesize to more then > 2GB. Our people did it and it worked - to my surprise. And we recently > recovered from a 4Gbyte backup. > > Regards > > Malcolm > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] > On Behalf Of Neil Truby > Sent: 24 May 2005 16:16 > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Archive to disk > > > Does anyone have a script to tbtape/ontape to disk, and cope with > archives > bigger than 2GBytes via the TAPESIZE parameter? > > If so, could you please post to andrew.watson@ardenta.com, who's too shy > to > ask himself. > > Thanks > -- Paul Watson # Oninit Ltd # Growing old is mandatory Tel: +44 1436 672201 # Growing up is optional Fax: +44 1436 678693 # Mob: +44 7818 003457 # www.oninit.com #