Ontape recovery ?

Hopefully, I can present this in a cohereny manner. This is the situation. We backup our 7.14 database using ontape. We have a problem where some data got blown away several weeks ago, and it was just now discovered. I have an ontape Level 0 from three weeks ago. Obviously, I can't restore this tape to the current production database. What I would like to do is restore this tape on the same machine in a different instance using the same chunk names but using symbolic links to different raw devices. For example: Current production database resides in the dbspace pdata. pdata's pathname is /dev/informix/prod/pdata. In turn, /dev/informix/prod/pdata is a symbolic link to /dev/vg01/pdata. For the restored database I have also create a chunk called pdata. However, pdata's pathname in this instance is /dev/informix/restore/rdata which in turn is a symbolic link to /dev/vg02/rdata. Will this restore procedure work, all other configuration parameters being equal, without clobbering my production database? In other words, does the ontape -r actually look to the pathnames to the chunk, or does it only care that the chunk exists in the new instance? Barry Leb National Linen Service 1420 Peachtree Street MS #314 Atlanta, GA 30309 (404) 853-6119 (404) 853-6485 fax e-mail: barryleb@mindspring.com