RE: Confirm backups

-----Original Message----- From: Obnoxio The Clown [mailto:obnoxio@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 5:03 AM To: tcosta@bellatlantic.net; informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: Confirm backups From: "Tony Costa" <tcosta@bellatlantic.net> > >I am a bit concerned that the ontape -s backups I am running are infact >good >backups. How can a backup be confirmed to be a quality restorable backup? Restore it? :-) Archecker? An archecker does not always tell the entire story. For instance if your operating system block size is different then your informix configuration block size, the archecker will pass but you will never be able to restore from this backup. (I have tested this out.) The best way to be sure is to restore the backup on another machine set up identically as your production machine. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

'n that's another reason for retaining the onconfig for a later day restore! --Anil "Rock, Howard" wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Obnoxio The Clown [mailto:obnoxio@hotmail.com] > Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 5:03 AM > To: tcosta@bellatlantic.net; informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: Confirm backups > > From: "Tony Costa" <tcosta@bellatlantic.net> > > > >I am a bit concerned that the ontape -s backups I am running are infact > >good > >backups. How can a backup be confirmed to be a quality restorable backup? > > Restore it? :-) > > Archecker? > > An archecker does not always tell the entire story. For instance if your > operating system block size is different then your informix configuration > block size, the archecker will pass but you will never be able to restore > from this backup. (I have tested this out.) The best way to be sure is to > restore the backup on another machine set up identically as your production > machine. > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com