Re: Backup monkey?

From: bluer0ses@my-deja.com > >I have a SCO box with an informix database. When I run backup's it >takes 3 tapes (I have four slots). Is there anyway I can have it write >to consecutive slots instead of asking for the next tape in the same >slot? It takes about 8 hours to backup one box. Please help. On-BAR? You'll probably need a 3rd Party backup product like Legato, too. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Why Onbar? That is an expensive solution. Continue to use ontape in conjunction with an "expect" script to handle the requests for additional tapes. You can use the same thing to handle your logical logs as well. Take care. Clifton "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:8lagdt$38g$1@news.xmission.com... > > From: bluer0ses@my-deja.com > > > >I have a SCO box with an informix database. When I run backup's it > >takes 3 tapes (I have four slots). Is there anyway I can have it write > >to consecutive slots instead of asking for the next tape in the same > >slot? It takes about 8 hours to backup one box. Please help. > > On-BAR? You'll probably need a 3rd Party backup product like Legato, too. > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com >