RE: Can I perform a Level-0 back-up onto a Disk using ontape ?

If more than 2GB is required set TAPESIZE in onconfig to 2GB (value stated in KB) and ontape will prompt you to change tape when "full", then move the file to different file name (ontape.level0.1) then "touch TAPEDEV" file - ontape expects target file to exist - then press return to the ontape command. This can all be scripted if you have a many times 2GB to archive. Geoff Poole geoffrey.poole@ogs.co.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: Murray Wood [SMTP:murray@quanta.co.nz] > Sent: 09 February 2000 01:25 > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: RE: Can I perform a Level-0 back-up onto a Disk using ontape > ? > > > Yes. As long as the archive is less than 2Gb. (A limit of lseek). > Create > the file and chmod 660 and informix informix. > > Murray Wood > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org > [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org]On Behalf Of Paul Jazwierski > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 11:39 AM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: Can I perform a Level-0 back-up onto a Disk using ontape ? > > > > It might also be necessary to set the atributes for the file to 664 > informix informix. That's what I had to do for log backups to disk per > friendly advice of a newsgroup reader. > > >

Hi Geoffrey, Good Strategy! Is it safe? Thanks, Nick. Geoffrey Poole <Geoffrey.Poole@ogs.co.uk> wrote in message news:87rcvp$ej2$1@news.xmission.com... > > If more than 2GB is required set TAPESIZE in onconfig to 2GB (value stated > in KB) and ontape will prompt you to change tape when "full", then move the > file to different file name (ontape.level0.1) then "touch TAPEDEV" file - > ontape expects target file to exist - then press return to the ontape > command. This can all be scripted if you have a many times 2GB to archive. > Geoff Poole > geoffrey.poole@ogs.co.uk > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Murray Wood [SMTP:murray@quanta.co.nz] > > Sent: 09 February 2000 01:25 > > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > Subject: RE: Can I perform a Level-0 back-up onto a Disk using ontape > > ? > > > > > > Yes. As long as the archive is less than 2Gb. (A limit of lseek). > > Create > > the file and chmod 660 and informix informix. > > > > Murray Wood > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org > > [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org]On Behalf Of Paul Jazwierski > > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 11:39 AM > > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > Subject: Re: Can I perform a Level-0 back-up onto a Disk using ontape ? > > > > > > > > It might also be necessary to set the atributes for the file to 664 > > informix informix. That's what I had to do for log backups to disk per > > friendly advice of a newsgroup reader. > > > > > >