Re: behaviour of ontape

Posted in 2006

Jonathan Leffler — 16 Oct 2006 15:35:50 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Aleksander wrote: [...] > And more: > "(The time the backup started could reflect the last checkpoint before > the backup started.)" > > I don't get this one, what does this mean? It means that if your system had a checkpoint at 20:00, but nothing has changed since then when you start the archive at 23:30, then the archive checkpoint time will be 20:00 rather than 23:30 (it will use the last checkpoint if nothing has changed since that checkpoint). -=JL=-