RE: backing up ids 7.20 on nt 4 sp3 with veritas netbackup or veritas (former seagate) backup exec

Marco 7.20.TC6 ? Upgrade comes to mind rapidly. If you are planning to backup the chunks and then restore them from tape, this is unlikely to work. You need to perform an Informix Archive (ontape) to create an archive file which can then be backed up. This does work! The chunk files are in a constant state of change (assuming the Informix engine is running) and are unlikely to be restored into a consistem state. I have seen people who backup chunks assured that nobody is using the system at the time, and have come to grief as the database comes down in an inconsistent state and is consequently unusable. Murray Wood -----Original Message----- From: Marco.Thomann@swisscom.com [SMTP:Marco.Thomann@swisscom.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 10:34 AM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: backing up ids 7.20 on nt 4 sp3 with veritas netbackup or veritas (former seagate) backup exec Importance: High hello world, we're running an ids 7.20 te6 on nt4 sp3. we also want to use our current backup tools veritas netbackup 3GA or backup exec 7.2, both running on nt servers, to backup the ids. is there someone who knows if this works. unforntunantely on vertias' internet site i have not found any hint about this. tia marco P.S. is ids 7.20 te6 millenium compliant ? if not, what are the problems and how to solve it ?