RE: ontape to a tapedrive on a different server

Posted in 2004

Rajasekaran, Rajesh — Thu, 19 Feb 2004 14:43:35 -0600 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C3F729.0BC0CB50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Yes, you can do the restore over the network using ontape -r. But just make sure your onconfig TAPEDEV set to hostname:/dev/rmt/0 is set before the restore. "hostname" is the name of the host where the tape drive is physically connected. -----Original Message----- From: tmoriarty@masterbrandcabinets.com [mailto:tmoriarty@masterbrandcabinets.com] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 1:13 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: ontape to a tapedrive on a different server I've been supporting our PowerBuilder applications using Informix databases for about 3 years. I've had no dba training on any database but I'm getting by. I use the google groups a lot to try to learn something. Unfortunately, you often speak in a foreign language...Informix! Monday morning, we had a server crash in a power outage and weren't able to recover it. Yes, it was on a UPS but something failed. I had backup tapes but the tape drive in the server also broke...physically. The server tech said the "leader" broke. In order to get the tape out, the drive had to be destroyed. We found another drive that could read the tape but it couldn't be connected to the server we were rebuilding to replace the crashed server. One of my backup tapes was the server backup. We restored that tape to a network server. I copied the chunk files from the IFMXDATA folder on tape into the IFMXDATA folder in the new install. That backup was from Friday morning so the users lost all their work after Friday morning. I also had a tape from an ontape -s -L 0 that was run Monday morning shortly before the power outage. Is there anyway I could have run ontape -r on the new server and have it get the backup from the remote tape drive through the network? Thanks for any help! ____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail and its attachments may contain Forest Laboratories, Inc. proprietary information that is privileged, confidential or subject to copyright belonging to Forest Laboratories, Inc. This e-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this e-mail to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or action taken in relation to the contents of and attachments to this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C3F729.0BC0CB50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2653.12"> <TITLE>RE: ontape to a tapedrive on a different server</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Yes, you can do the restore over the network using = ontape -r. But just make sure your onconfig TAPEDEV set to = hostname:/dev/rmt/0 is set before the restore. "hostname" is the name of the host where = the tape drive is physically connected. -----Original Message----- From: tmoriarty@masterbrandcabinets.com [<A = HREF=3D"mailto:tmoriarty@masterbrandcabinets.com">mailto:tmoriarty@maste= rbrandcabinets.com</A>] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 1:13 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: ontape to a tapedrive on a different = server I've been supporting our PowerBuilder applications = using Informix databases for about 3 years.  I've had no dba = training on any database but I'm getting by.  I use the google groups a = lot to try to learn something.  Unfortunately, you often speak in a = foreign language...Informix! Monday morning, we had a server crash in a power = outage and weren't able to recover it.  Yes, it was on a UPS but = something failed.  I had backup tapes but the tape drive in the server also = broke...physically.  The server tech said the "leader" = broke.  In order to get the tape out, the drive had to be destroyed.  We found = another drive that could read the tape but it couldn't be connected to the = server we were rebuilding to replace the crashed server.  One = of my backup tapes was the server backup.  We restored that tape to a = network server.  I copied the chunk files from the IFMXDATA folder on = tape into the IFMXDATA folder in the new install.  That = backup was from Friday morning so the users lost all their work after = Friday morning.  I also had a tape from an ontape -s -L 0 that was run = Monday morning shortly before the power outage.  Is there anyway I = could have run ontape -r on the new server and have it get the backup from = the remote tape drive through the network? Thanks for any help! ____________________________________________________________________&= nbsp;=20 This e-mail and its attachments may contain Forest Laboratories, = Inc. proprietary information that is privileged, confidential or = subject to copyright belonging to Forest Laboratories, Inc. This e-mail = is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it = is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, or = the employee or agent responsible for delivering this e-mail to the = intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, = distribution, copying or action taken in relation to the contents of = and attachments to this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be = unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the = sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any copy of = this e-mail and any printout. </BODY> </HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C3F729.0BC0CB50-- sending to informix-list

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