Re: How to continue log backups automatically?

Ofer Inbar wrote: > > Informix OnLine DS 7.22.UC2 on HP-UX 10.20 > > I'd like to run continuous log backups from the console, all the > time. I'm not on site every day, but the operators on site know how > to look at the console and mount new tapes when requested. > > However, there are database users here who sometimes have legitimate > reasons to take Informix briefly offline. I've written a simple > script for them that will also bring the ON-Archive cataloger down, > and then restart it when they restart the server. But the continuous > log backup dies and does not restart. > > Is there any way I can... > - Make the log backup survive an Informix restart? Put a backup/continuous/vset=logs ... REQUEST into the same script that you use to restart Informix - i.e. don't use onmode -ky and oninit directly, but via script - e.g. start_online and stop_online. > - Re-start the continuous log backup from my script, but have it run > *on the console* even though users run the script from telnet sessions? OnArchive can either have requests issued via the console or through the virtual operator (which is a substitute for the console.) The latter allows you to start continous backups via scripts. As far as I know, the two are mutually exclusive - i.e. console OR scripts, but NOT both. > - Have the continous log backup restart itself on the console > periodically, if it's not already running (either via cron or some > ON-Archive feature I haven't absorbed from the manual yet)? I guess this would be possible via clever use of shell scripts and interrogating the cataloger. We use several shell scripts to configure our OnArchive system, start and stop log backups, change log backup tapes, etc. We need to use to console for other stuff anyway, so we found onautovop to be the best solution. Why can't you use it? Danny