Re: Unattended backups...HOW?

Posted in 1995

Joe Matuscak — 3 Feb 1995 16:23:03 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

On Thu, 2 Feb 1995, David Clough wrote: > How can I perform an unattended backup using Informix Online 5.0 on a Sparc > running SunOS 5.1.3.c? Interactive backups are driving me crazy! > > David Clough > Portland, OR In my case, I made sure that I had enough disk space to run the OnLine backup to disk. I have a simple cron job that runs tbtape. The disk file then gets backed up as part of the regular system backup, using Legato's Networker to the single (large) tape drive. The pithy part of the script looks like: cat /dev/null > /scratch/informix/archive /etc/chown informix /scratch/informix/archive /bin/chgrp informix /scratch/informix/archive /bin/chmod 660 /scratch/informix/archive source /tools/informix-setup tbtape -s <<EOF 0 EOF exit Joe Matuscak Rohrer Corporation 717 Seville Road Wadsworth, Ohio 44281 (216)335-1541 Matuscak@Rohrer.com