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onunload

Posted in 2000

Topics: Migration, Import/Export & Data Conversion, Platform-Specific Issues, Versions, Editions & End-of-Life

Andreas Lommel — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Hi I have IDS 7.30 on solaris 2.6. I try to unload a database to a file: onunload -t dbname.unl -s 99999 dbname -->Error opening the tape device, Error No. = 2. Please mount tape and press Return to continue ... Who can help ?

↪ replying to Andreas Lommel
Phillip Tien — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

You only need to specify a size if you're outputting to a tape. If you're outputting to a file named dbname.unl, then you don't need to specify the -s parameter. Andreas Lommel wrote: > Hi > I have IDS 7.30 on solaris 2.6. I try to unload a database to a file: > onunload -t dbname.unl -s 99999 dbname > -->> Error opening the tape device, Error No. = 2. > Please mount tape and press Return to continue ... > Who can help ? -- Phillip Tien Database Administrator Whole Foods Market, Inc.

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