Re: Automated / starting Ontape level 0 backup

In article <6d49ng$f3p$1@news.xmission.com>, Sujit.Pal@alltel.com writes > > Tim > > The simplest way to do this is to create a shell script like so: > > #!/bin/ksh > export INFORMIXSERVER=servername > export ONCONFIG=onconfigFileName > export INFORMIXDIR=informixdir > export PATH=$INFORMIXDIR/bin:$PATH > ontape -s -L 0 <<!> > ! > > and then put this job in your crontabs file to be executed at a > specified time by cron. Make sure there is a writable tape in your > tape drive pointed to by the environment variable TAPEDEV. Remember to pipe this to head -100 If ontape runs out of space and requests a second tape it will just still there looping and output the same question again and again.. > > Alternatively, you could decide to dump your backup to disk. I have a > shell script in the IIUG archives called IDBB.sh you may want to look > at. Since I have multiple instances here, I have a file that specifies > the backup schedule for each instance. I do the ontape backups to disk > and pipe the backup through gzip to conserve disk space. If there are > errors in the backup, the script sends me a email so I can look at it > the next day. > > HTH > > Sujit Pal > > >______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ >Subject: Automated / starting Ontape level 0 backup >Author: "Tim Clifton" <tim.clifton@mexmil.com> at Internet >Date: 2/20/98 4:59 PM > > >Hello, > > I need to run an unattended Level 0 backup via the "ontape -s -L 0" >command. >Does anyone know how, or has anyone already done this? If so, could you >point me in the right direction as I am new to Informix and databases in >general? Any help is appreciated. >tim.clifton@mexmil.com -- David Williams Maintainer of the Informix FAQ Primary site (Beta Version) http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you, For you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here standing, Until the bitter end... So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm... All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care