LEVEL 0 BACKUP

Posted in 1996

Lal Beharry Johnson Ramjattan — 29 Nov 1996 08:08:07 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

I am currently running Online 5.05 on a Dec Alpha 2100 (Unix). My database now spans more than one tape. My tape drive accepts only one tape. You have to manually change the tapes. I initiate the backup at 1:00 AM in the morning. After the first tape is complete, tbtape issues a "please mount another tape and hit enter" message and waits for operator to mount another tape. I want to backup the database (Level 0) to a tape unit attached to another machine nearby over our LAN. Reason is : the other machine has an autoloader tape unit attached (you insert many blank tapes - when one is complete another one loads automatically). The archive tape parameter is set to: TAPEDEV machine2:/dev/rmt0h Question: Will this work ? Will tbtape still issue a hard wait after the second tape drops in place ? Thank in advance. LBJ