Re: Back-ups to Disk?

johnpo@vcd.hp.com (John Powell) writes: johnpo> This post is related to an earlier one about logical logs and named johnpo> pipes. I realize that Informix only supports archives and logical johnpo> logs going to tape (via tbtape on Rel. 5) at this time. However, I johnpo> would like the archive and logical logs to go to disk from which they johnpo> can be backed up to tape via the daily UNIX file system backups. I johnpo> imagine that if one were to dedicate enough disk space for this johnpo> purpose, write the appropriate shell scripts, and arrange for this area johnpo> of disk to be put to tape daily, then one would have a fairly reliable johnpo> backup strategy in place. Has anyone tried this yet? Has anyone johnpo> successfully restored (rolled forward) Informix from files on disk? johnpo> Please reply with any information you have on this subject. Yes, we do this as an automatic regular process to a remote archive machine, and a recent disaster confirmed that we can successfully restore from disk across the net. However the scripts we use are written in perl, and secondly I'm just back from holiday so I don't know if you've got the info you require yet, so get back to me if you want to know more. -- Cheers Bill =========================================================================== | Bill Hails <bill@tardis.co.uk> | Reisner's rule of conceptual inertia: | | C.L.I. Connect Ltd. | | | 19, Quarry St., Guildford, Surrey | If you think big enough, you'll never | | GU1 3UY. Tel (UK) 0483 300 200 | have to do it. | ===========================================================================