Re: Ontape Error

Michal Hajek wrote: > > Paul Redman wrote: > > To fix it: > > > > 1. Edit your ONCONFIG and reduce the TAPESIZE parameter by 25% ir. > if > > it is currently 4000000 change it to 3000000. > > > > 2. Bounce your engine - log off all users, then run onmode -ky to > > shutdown engine and oninit to restart engine (or use onmonitor). > > > > 3. Redo the backup - Note Informix will reach the end of the tape > and > > prompt you to insert a second tape to continue the backup. > > > > Note you must bounce the engine for the new TAPESIZE to take effect. > > Also sometimes tape sizes are misleading i.e. a 4GIG tape will > rarely > > be 4000000k - normally you will need to set TAPESIZE=360000 or > > something similar. > > > What version are you talking about ? We have v. 5.x and I can change > the tape length in tbmonitor without restarting OnLine. You can change the tape parameters using tbmonitor/onmonitor, without bouncing OnLine. If you make ANY changes to parameters in your tbconfig/onconfig file, you must bounce OnLine before they become effective. > I do not believe it is necessary in v 7.x. It isn't. > PS: I do not say that your way will not work :-) It will. Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ |Mark D. Stock - Informix SA http://www.informix.com |//////// /| |mailto:mdstock@informix.com FAQ http://www.iiug.org |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | Tel: +27 11 807 0313 |If it's slow, the users complain. |/// / ////| | Fax: +27 11 807 2594 |If it's fast, the users keep quiet.|// / /////| |Cell: +27 83 250 2325 |Therefore, "No news: travels fast"!|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+