Re: Checking logging is running for a particualr instance on a

PaulITID.Matthews@chase.com wrote: > Does anyone know of a good way of checking logging is running for a > particular instance for a multiple instance environment so that I can > automate the checking in a script. > > 'ps -ef | grep ontape' returns 2 ontape -c processes with the same > owner. > If only one process was running I'm not sure I'd know which instance > has > dropped out. > onstat -l could do it but would only show after a period of time if> logs > were not being backed up and would require many repeat checks for > confirmation > None of the other onstat flags seem to tell you whether logging is > running > or not > When ontape is running, a thread named ontape is running in the database server.You can use command ' . ./setenv; onstat -g ath|grep ontape' to check if server is process ontape request.( the file setenv setup environment to access informix server) Jin > Any help would be much appreciated > > Paul Matthews