Re: backup differences between SE and OL - question.

Will Hartung - Master Rallyeist writes: > >The 'tbunload' is the only real solution. But, you can get away with >not swapping a billion tapes for every backup (assuming your tables >aren't enormous that is). The trick here is to tbunload to the "no >rewind" device of the tape, and just stick several back to back. I >imagine that this will bring problems if your tables have a chance of >spanning the tape. Discovering what happens then is an exercise for >the reader. Our tables aren't 2 Gig in size, so I'm not worried. DO NOT attempt to do this with regular archives, though. We require rewind in that case, because we read the header on the tape to insure that the tape has been switched for multi-volume archives. As far as I know, this is not an issue with tbunload. >It would be nice to be able to recover a specific DATABASE from an >OnLine Level 0 archive, though. You will see this in the 6.0 release. Dave -- Disclaimer: These opinions are not those of Informix Software, Inc. ************************************************************************** "I look back with some satisfaction on what an idiot I was when I was 25, but when I do that, I'm assuming I'm no longer an idiot." - Andy Rooney