Re: Logical log backups to non-rewind tape device

David Williams wrote: > > In article <Pine.BSF.3.91.970611092019.18030D-100000@kilimanjaro.dallas. > herald.net>, Richard Stanford <richards@herald.net.REMOVE> writes > > > >The one (1) time we had a catastrophic hardware failure, we ran into so > >many Informix bugs restoring log tapes it wasn't even funny. Combine > >that with the pletora of problems involved in running continuous-logging > >with non-technical operators (for the most part), and I'm beginning to > >consider recommending dropping continuous logging from our sites. Any > >comments out there? Has anyone else reached the same conclusion? > > > >-Richard > > I have sucessfully rolled forward several instance after using > continuous logging. I would use it anyway as without it you have > nothing. With version of online are you running? > > Make sure it is 5.08,7.14 or 7.22/3 which even if the latest for > your platform. Early 7.x releases are very buggy. > > -- > David Williams This is alright unless the tbtape rewinds the tape half way through with no errors reported. The restore then crashes if it cant see a correct logical log tape header. I have seperatly posted a logical log tape validator written in perl. Mail me if you want a copy. John Clutterbuck