Re: ontape verification

Murray Wood wrote: > > Keith > > It is not downloadable. It does come with the product, but when you read > the documentation for it, it is NOT support for user use. I am told you > could destroy your instance if not used correctly. Wellllllll. The danger is ONLY for checking OnBar archives, not ontape, and the actual danger is that you will pass the wrong options and initiate an irreversable restore of your archive to disk! The main reason for the danger of course is that the darn thing is not documented in 7.31. John Miller III has assured me, and others in an online tech session, that it is fully documented in the IDS.2000 release (aka. Foundation.2000). In the meantime you do need tech support to at least fax you instructions or walk you through setting it up and running it. Art S. Kagel > Murray Wood > > PS Yes I would like to test tapes, but at present I will not!! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith Sharp [SMTP:ksharp@bear.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 1:32 AM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: ontape verification > > I am having a problem finding archecker. Does Anyone know where to download > it? > > Chris Burton <chris_burton@blue-skies.net> wrote in article > <34A74A5DCBC81700.1593C292A4703E8B.469969110A126CC3@lp.airnews.net>... > > On Wed, 18 Aug 1999 15:39:21 GMT, "Keith Sharp" <ksharp@bear.com> > > wrote: > > > > >I do not have a manual for the Informix OnTape utility. Does anyone know > > >how to verify the archives created using OnTape? > > > > > > > Do search the newsgroup archives for archecker. It is very simple to > > setup and use. It give a fairly detailed description of the table. > > > > In fact, I am restoring from a freshly validated tape as we speak. > > Oooo the fun. But at least I was confident in using it and getting my > > data back. > > > > Sorry for the long response. > > > > Chris > >