Re: Appending to Informix backup

In article <6tu1ct$b6b$1@mawar.singnet.com.sg>, panadol@singnet.com.sg (Aik Khoon) wrote: > Hello. > > I need to append a NT4.0 backup on top of Informix database > backup (using ontape ) tape. Does this override the existing > informix backup. If not, will the ontape be able to know where > to restore it's previous backup? > > TIA, > Aik Khoon > > > If you are trying to put Informix backups on one tape then, AFAIK, you can't 'cos Informix always rewinds the tape. However, if you are trying to put a NT filesystem backup on a tape after an Informix ontape then assuming you can control the rewinding of the tape under NT and NT restore process doesn't always rewind the tape regardless of what you tell it, I can't think of an obvious reason you can't do this. Paul Watson # I don't suffer from WF Software Ltd. # stress, I'm just Tel. (+44) 1436 674729 # a carrier Fax. (+44) 1436 678693 # www.wfsoftware.co.uk