Re: Ontape

Just go to http://www.iiug.org and search this news group for questions on onarchive. You will find a pletora of problems described. I have never used it (the manual made it clear to me that it wasn't usefull unless you had a very large installation where ontape wasn't good enough), but according to the posts here it isn't the best of tools. With 7.23 you should definitely look into the new OnBar utility. That's the new backup function Informix is supplying. I don't know how long they will keep supplying onarchive, but they do not suggest it for new installations as far as I know. JayaG@unitedgas.co.uk (Jayakumar George) wrote: :Hi, : :A question on onarchive. : :After reading the documentation on onarchive we found that we should go :for onarchive. : :At the moment we are using ontape to backup our system. We have just now :migrated our system from 5.06 to 7.23 in Sequent/Dynix PTX platform. : :The query is whether anybody has faced problems with onarchive in this :platform or any suggestions on using onarchive over ontape . : :Thanks for your help : :Jay : Nils.Myklebust@idg.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org