dr on 9.20

hi i am trying to set up dr on a linux box (2.2.12) with informix ids2000 (9.20) i seem to remember having great difficulty before when setting up dr on a linux box running ids7.31... could someone show me how to do this (i followed the manual and all i got was the secondary just sitting there in fast recovery mode .) the steps i tried were:- on the primary : ontape -s ; onmode -d primary servb on the secondary (whilst offline): ontape -p ; onmode -d secondary serva please help as i even more confused than usual. ps. how come i received only 1 e-mail containg the vbs 'virus' and then around 200 e-mails warning me about it?! thanks in advance for any helpful hints -- John Horton DBA Cognito (Informix on Linux) john.horton@cognito.co.uk sysadmin and mahjongg player

The procedure you are following seems OK. However, make sure of the following 1. the instances are visible to each other (i.e entries in sqlhosts of each for the other). 2. .netrc (or equivalent) set up for user "informix" to allow an auto-connect between servers - not sure of this requirement, though. Use dbaccess to confirm, before bring the secondary down. 3. the informix & OS versions are the same 4. specified onconfig parameters are the same Also, wait for the "onmode -d primary" to return to the prompt (after failing) before firing up "onmode -d secondary" on the secondary server - I've encountered the odd "hang" when I jumped the gun. HTH Rudy johnh wrote: > hi > > i am trying to set up dr on a linux box (2.2.12) with informix ids2000 (9.20) > > ...the steps i tried were:- > > on the primary : ontape -s ; onmode -d primary servb > > on the secondary (whilst offline): ontape -p ; onmode -d secondary serva > > please help as i even more confused than usual. > > thanks in advance for any helpful hints > > -- > John Horton DBA Cognito (Informix on Linux) > john.horton@cognito.co.uk > > sysadmin and mahjongg player