Installing on NT4

Help I need to a quick SPL job for a client on Informix. I need to install on NT4 as I'm doing the work at home ( it will run live on unix with an administrator ). I've installed DS7.x out of the box, created some tables and the thing is sick saying it needs backing up to clear the logs. I've found ontape which seems to do what I want but don't know the syntax It keeps asking to mount a tape?). I really need to create extra dbspaces, but again the documentation supplied is a little light on the syntax for onspace, and what I need to do. Any info for a easy install to do a little development work would be greatly received. Pat mailto:pxbaker@virgin.net

In the year of Our Lord Mon, 11 Dec 2000 18:19:34 -0000, "pat" <pxbaker@yahoo.com> broke a vow of silence to utter: >Help >I need to a quick SPL job for a client on Informix. I need to install on NT4 >as I'm doing the work at home ( it will run live on unix with an >administrator ). > >I've installed DS7.x out of the box, created some tables and the thing is >sick saying it needs backing up to clear the logs. > >I've found ontape which seems to do what I want but don't know the syntax > It keeps asking to mount a tape?). > >I really need to create extra dbspaces, but again the documentation supplied >is a little light on the syntax for onspace, and what I need to do. > >Any info for a easy install to do a little development work would be greatly >received. It's really shocking that Informix don't ship manuals with their NT port. :-( That _is_ the reason you didn't read them, isn't it? )-: Set: LTAPEDEV NUL in your onconfig file. All will be well.

Hi Pat. To do some ontape on NT4, you have to decide if the 'backup' is worth saving, or not. In your onconfig-file. %INFORMIXDIR%\\etc\\onconfig.'databasename', you set the TAPEDEV parameter to either a filename ( whatever ) or if you don't want the bacup saved, set it to NUL. The syntax for a complete level 0 backup is 'ontape -s -L 0' There is a parameter in your onconfig-file that tells where the logical logs ends up when backed-up. LTAPEDEV. You might want to set it to NUL as well during the installation. Setting these two to NUL is a very good way to mane sure you're NOT able to save ANY backups, so don't walk around doing it on the production-system. In the NT-world of Informix, there is a tool, or at least used to be, called IECC. It's removed from some of the later 7.x versions, but in some of the earlier it's still there. It makes it very easy to create dbspaces. /Falco