Re: Help needed with logical logs backup

Patrick Huang wrote: >1. One of the problems I encountered while trying to set up a script to do > just this is sending an interrupt signal to tell tbtape to quit. Somehow > it wouldn't listen. But if tbtape was running on a dedicated terminal, > giving it an interrupt signal via kill or from the keyboard works. Does > anyone know why? A 'kill' will work. You just have to wait for tbtape to complete the backup of the current log before it stops. This can take from seconds to minutes depending on the size of your log file and if there are any blob entries. tbtape will archive blob entries to tape. >2. If one has several online instances and would like to extend the same > logical logs backup capability via cron to all instances, how would > something like this be implemented? You can use the same backup scheme on different instances by switching your TBCONFIG/ ONCONFIG parameter. Regards, David Nguyen