Re: Swapping 'ontapes' from system to system

Richard Moldovan wrote: > > I need to clone one Informix DB to another system. Both > systems are Solaris Sparcs running Informix 7.23. > I want to take a tape made with 'ontape -s -L 0' from > machine 'A' and put it in machine 'B'. When I try this > on machine 'B' (ontape -r) continuously prompts for: > > Please mount tape 1 on /dev/rmt/1 and press Return to continue.. > Restore a level 0 archive (y/n) y > Ready for level 0 tape > > the system looks at the tape but contuously repeats the same three > lines as if it can not read the tape. Both tape drives and > parameters are identical, and I can transfer 'tar' tapes > between the two systems. I just can't swap 'ontape' > archives. Can someone please shed some light on this? > Thanks in advance. No. I can tell you that I've done it between an Ultra Enterprise 4000 and a Sparc 20 with Online v7.13. In fact, as part of contingency, I do it every night between two Sparc 20s on v7.13, but using a dump to disk. Have you definitely got an identical path for rootdbs on machines A and B? Are you sure there are no other messages, perhaps in the OnLine log? One suggestion; if your instance is small enough, direct the ontape -s to disk and ftp the archive over. See if that works. Are you using DLT? I've had some problems with DLT, and now Informix have decided that dumping to DLT is not supported, and won't help me! Neil Truby Chase Manhattan Bank Bournemouth, UK neil.truby@chase.com