Re: Ontape

You can't restore to different chunk sizes with `ontape` - you must restore to the same disk configuration as the archive came from. In order to restore to different chunk sizes, you can use `dbexport` and `dbimport`. Most of the other archive utilities dump data in binary format which is specific to the instance. dbexport/dbimport dump/load data in ASCII format which is portable. HTH, Cosmo Robertson Lee NTSE wrote: > Is it possible to squeeze the data from the ontape -s (using ontape > -r) > into a 10Gb area (say of 2x5Gb chunks) using offsets etc. > Documentation > seems to suggest that if we archived it from a chunk of 2Gb, even if > only 2Mb was used within it, to restore it on another machine would > need > a chunk of 2Gb to restore it into. Therefore the machine on which it > is > to be restored needs in excess of 30Gb in free space. Am I way out > here > or is this the way Informix works. > > This is a particularly urgent problem so immediate replies would be > greatly appreciated. > > Regards > > Lee -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ADDRESS ALTERED TO FOIL SPAMMERS: Remove "*NO-SPAM*" to reply. Cosmo Lee Multi-User Computer Systems Brooklyn, NY "JUST SAY 'NO' TO SPAM" * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *