Re: onarchive question -- help!

In article <331223EF.7E02@netcomuk.co.uk>, Neil Truby <ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk> writes >> I am currently writing a book for O'Reilly Publishing about enterprise >> backup and recovery, and would really appreciate hearing anything >> you would like to ask me or tell me. If you have problems with >> something, then others will as well. Can you think of anything >> else that should go in such a book? > >Well, i can give you my opinion on a couple of aspects of Informix >back-up/recovery functionality. It may be that I have missed something, >so I'm pleased to stand corrected: > >1. (I have a lot of trouble explaining this point to Informix pros.) I >don't really understand why OnLine insists that you have the original >paths available for a restore. It should be possible to do a restore as >follows; if the chunk(s) for the rootdbs, or any chunk for any other >dbspace, is unavailable then the user should be prompted for the name of >a valid alternative chunk location. the original paths should be links to the actual devices since when you replace a disk the device name may well change. > > >2. Doing a "strings" on an archive will allow you to pull off the >$ONCONFIG settings applicable at the time of the archive. But so far as >I am aware, the timestamp of the archive is not available. This could >be very useful. > When you restore using ontape it first reads the tape and displays a header which includes archive level (0,1,2) and date/time taken, You can then say say y/n as to whether or not you want to retore. >3. ontape should permit the user to specify an alternate location to >$TAPEDEV for the location of the archive (for those of us who archive to >disk). > Again use links. >Regards > >Neil Truby >Chase Manhattan >Bournemouth, UK -- David Williams