Re: OnLine 5 Lev 0 to dbexport

malcolm.iiug wrote in message ... > >The two functions are completely different. A level 0 tape backup is taken >to protect the Informix server against failure of hardware, OS, and can be >restored to the same system when required. The ontape format is BINARY. A >dbexport is taken to make an ASCII copy of a database. Whilst everything is >technically feasible there is no utility to do this and writing one would be >a major undertaking. > >I guess from your email that you want to move a database to another >environment and can't restore from the level 0. Am I correct? > >regards > >Malcolm Yes But only in a disaster / failure situation. I am trying to find some way of getting a snapshot of the database without taking exclusive use of it. Currently I am doing a dbexport each night but this requires closing down the application using the database. It would be great if I only needed a Lev 0 archive as this can be done without affecting the application. Ted Breen 19-Sep-2003