Re: help on TAPEDEV ......

sukoon@ibm.net wrote: > > I have two DB instances running on two individual nodes on the IBM SP/2 > frame. An IBM 3590 tape device attached to one of the node, host1, for > the DB archive for both systems. > > For host1, with the tape device attached directly, > TAPEDEV /dev/rmt0> > For host2, it is throght the SP/2 switch to the tape device on host1 > TAPEDEV host1:/dev/rmt0 > > How can I unify the TAPEDEV parameter on both system, so I can use the > backup of host1 to restore host2? > I have no problem to create a symbolic link for /dev/rmt0 on host1, but > on host2....? There is no problem. You can do that with the config file values that you are currently using. The restriction for the config file values on the machine to be restored to be the same only holds for disk parameters, not shared memory or archive parameters. You h can have a different TAPEDEV on the target machine than on the source. Art S. Kagel