Re: How to continue log backups automatically?

Ofer Inbar wrote: > > Richard Stanford <richards@herald.net.REMOVE> writes: > > >Not in the slightest. It does this whenever it is /restarted/, which was > >what spawned this thread in the first place. > > That doesn't seem to make any more sense. Why should restarting cause > it to overwrite already backed up files? What's the catalog for? Why > are there vsets and multiple volumes defined? Isn't it supposed to > keep track of what it backs up, and ask for new tapes when it needs > more space? Er, I think we may be at cross purposes here. The original question was refering to continuous logging, ie: an `ontape -c` command. > I don't have a lot of experience with ON-Archive, but I *did* read the > entire manual cover to cover, and nothing in the manual that I > remember gave me the impression that anything would be deleted from > tape unless I specifically asked for it to be deleted. This question had nothing to do with ON-Archive, though. Simply good ol' fashioned ontape. Unless I am mistaken somewhere? -Richard