Re: Online v7.1.3 Level 0 Restore Prob

Posted in 1997

David Williams — Thu, 4 Dec 1997 22:51:38 +0000 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <01bd0042$8cb42660$e30d93c3@default>, "Paul N. Daly" <pdaly@globalnet.co.uk> writes >I have been trying to restore one of our backups onto a different machine >which has the same file system/chunk layout as the machine the backup was >done on. > >Occasionally, the restore fails on the restore of the rootdb. But on >restarting the server everything seems OK. Normally, we have to remove and >then re-add the temporary dbspaces as they become inconsistant, but in this >case it says everything is OK. > >If I try to restore from the tapes again, it might work without complaining >or might fail again on the rootdb space. > >Is this a tape/tape drive problem or are there other powers at work? > >Regards, > >Paul. What error messages do you get? What does online.log say? -- David Williams