Re: ontape vs onbar

Colin Bull wrote: > brett wrote >>Is onbar a viable backup solution with IBS 9.x or is ontape >>still the best ? >> >>I keep reading in the newsgroup, talk about using ontape as >>backup and not >>onbar. Why ? > Ontape is quick and easy, but does not guarantee consistent > restores if database is active when backed up. NONSENSE!!! On-Tape was part of OnLine, and OnLine was called OnLine in part because backups could be made while the DBMS was running 24x7 and they were self-consistent. ON-Tape did not lose this ability as OnLine becames ODS, IDS, IUS, XPS, etc. (I don't recall whether online backups were part of Turbo - but maybe not.) -- Jonathan Leffler #include <disclaimer.h> Email: jleffler@earthlink.net, jleffler@us.ibm.com Guardian of DBD::Informix v2003.04 -- http://dbi.perl.org/