Re: Using ontape to disk when archive is >2GB

Posted in 1998

Chuck Renaud — Wed, 2 Dec 1998 01:12:02 -0600 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

> I have mentioned this to Informix > who seem to think TAPEDEV >2gb is okay but also came up with the standard > line on not supporting ontape to disk. TAPEDEV > 2GB works fine, if you have the right version (and if the OS allows it). There was a bug in ontape that prevented >2GB backups to disk. It was fixed somewhere around 7.23UC5, I think. ontape to disk is supported, but it didn't used to be. --Chuck