RE: Disable backups of Informix temporarily

do the following in your onconfig 1) set ALARMPROGRAM to <informix_dir>/etc/no_log.sh 2) set LTAPEDEV to /dev/null 3) set TAPEDEV to /dev/null you may need to bounce the informix engine after setting the above config parameters in the onconfig file. P.S replace <informix_dir> with the INFORMIXDIR set for the engine -----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org]On Behalf Of adave@vantage.com Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 4:48 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Disable backups of Informix temporarily Hello, I am in the process of reconfiguring the backup server (separate issue), and in the meanwhile, backups on the Informix dbs cannot happen. I believe the db stops working if i don't backup the logical logs and the databases for some time. Is it possible to redirect it to /dev/null or some other way until the backup server is working again? I don't know much about Informix, but can provide details if needed. Thanks, Anjan sending to informix-list

Ok. To bounce it, is this right: $onmode -yuk $oninit -anjan "Savio Pinto (s)" <spinto@cap.org> wrote in message news:<c7g5e9$30v$1@terabinaries.xmission.com>... > do the following in your onconfig > > 1) set ALARMPROGRAM to <informix_dir>/etc/no_log.sh > 2) set LTAPEDEV to /dev/null > 3) set TAPEDEV to /dev/null > > you may need to bounce the informix engine after setting the above config > parameters in the onconfig file. > > P.S replace <informix_dir> with the INFORMIXDIR set for the engine > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org > [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org]On Behalf Of adave@vantage.com > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 4:48 PM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Disable backups of Informix temporarily > > > Hello, > > I am in the process of reconfiguring the backup server (separate > issue), and in the meanwhile, backups on the Informix dbs cannot > happen. > > I believe the db stops working if i don't backup the logical logs and > the databases for some time. Is it possible to redirect it to > /dev/null or some other way until the backup server is working again? > > I don't know much about Informix, but can provide details if needed. > > Thanks, > Anjan > sending to informix-list

adave wrote: > Ok. To bounce it, is this right: > $onmode -yuk > $oninit Yes. But alternatively use ON-Monitor to alter it - I believe it manages to do so without taking the system off-line. > "Savio Pinto (s)" <spinto@cap.org> wrote: >>do the following in your onconfig >> >>1) set ALARMPROGRAM to <informix_dir>/etc/no_log.sh >>2) set LTAPEDEV to /dev/null >>3) set TAPEDEV to /dev/null >> >>you may need to bounce the informix engine after setting the above config >>parameters in the onconfig file. >> >>P.S replace <informix_dir> with the INFORMIXDIR set for the engine >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: adave@vantage.com >> >>I am in the process of reconfiguring the backup server (separate >>issue), and in the meanwhile, backups on the Informix dbs cannot >>happen. >> >>I believe the db stops working if i don't backup the logical logs and >>the databases for some time. Is it possible to redirect it to >>/dev/null or some other way until the backup server is working again? -- Jonathan Leffler #include <disclaimer.h> Email: jleffler@earthlink.net, jleffler@us.ibm.com Guardian of DBD::Informix v2003.04 -- http://dbi.perl.org/