Re: Testing Online 5.0's tbtape backup ... How?

How can I obtain Arc_checker utility ? Informix France doesn't know it ? Regards from France (Normandy). -----Message d'origine----- De : Art S. Kagel <kagel@bloomberg.com> ' : informix-list@rmy.emory.edu <informix-list@rmy.emory.edu> Date : mardi 18 novembre 1997 02:57 Objet : Re: Testing Online 5.0's tbtape backup ... How? }VFraenkle wrote: }> }> Im Artikel <635ob8$sm8$1@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca>, napier@chem.ubc.ca (Duncan }> Napier) schreibt: }> }> >Hi, }> > }> >We are using Informix Online 5.0 on an IBM RS6000 running AIX 4.1.5 }> > and we do regular tbtape backups of the database to an 8mm backup }> > tape (the tape drive is an IBM 7208-001). We run tbtape -s from }> > the command line and do level 0 backups daily. }> > }> >We have never needed to perform a restore, and I was wondering if }> > there is a way to check the integrity of the tape and its contents. }> > Our dealer told us that the only way to check is to do a complete }> > restore. Is this the only option? } }There is a utility Arc_checker written by John Miller and (sorry guys }I've forgotten). Try getting it from phone support. If you have a }version of 5.0x prior to 5.08 you really should check your backups or }upgrade. } }Art S. Kagel }