RE: ONTAPE verification - was RE: anybody using Archecker with Onbar ?

Posted in 2006

Gentsch, Sam — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:21:20 -0400 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

<rob.konikoff@us.army.mil> wrote: >So what's the best way to verify if we use ONTAPE rather than ONBAR? >ONTAPE doesn't have a -v option... > >Rob >restore it to a QA box logically configured like your production box . . . . >JWC _______________________________________________ Well, the above that is the BEST choice for ensuring you can restore, but archecker works great with ontape when that is not feasible. Validate Archive with archecker: vi $INFORMIXDIR/etc/ac_config.std Make the following changes/additions: AC_MSGPATH /usr/informix/work/ac_msg.log # archecker message log AC_STORAGE /tmp # Directory used for temp storage AC_VERBOSE 1 # 1 verbose messages 0 terse messages AC_TAPEDEV /dbbackup/archive # TAPEDEV in onconfig used for archive AC_TAPEBLOCK 96 # same as in TAPEBLK in onconfig Then run archecker: Run archecker -tdsv IBM Informix Backup and Restore Guide has all the instructions.