RE: NEED HELP : Informix and replacement of an SSA disk exercise

This sounds like a pretty good plan of attack, though I would definitely have some concerns about the quality of the data if ontape fails consistently. Will >===== Original Message From Ameerul@mesiniaga.com.my ===== >Hi everyone. > >Need help in this exercise. I have a RS6000 G40 with Aix 4.3.2 with Informix IDS7.31UC4, ISQL 7.20 >and 4GL RDS 7.20. The informix main directory is in the main disk (non SSA) and the database dbspace >contains lots of chunks where some chunks of the same dbspaces are in this SSA and the rest in other >disks. > >This SSA disk has a degradation problem and need to be replace. It will be done by an IBM CE. That >is why we had problem doing ontape -s backup giving the error : >"Archive failed-ISAM error. An error has occured during archive backup" >In the end, in the error report (errpt) for aix, it is a SSA disk failure. > >We tried dbexport and it was ok. We not sure how the dbimport would be. > >The question is that worries me is that what should be done on the Informix portion during this SSA >disk replacement exercie?? > >I was panning on this : >- dbexport the database using dbexport dbname -ss >- system backup on the OS >- capture the informix details - onconfig, sqlhosts, onstat -d, databases, log files, >- IBM CE will migrate the disk contents & we test the informix and application >- If there is problem, need to recreate the engine, dbpaces, chunks, logs etc >- reinitialize informix >- dbimport database > >If anyone has better suggestions, please help me here. Thank you very much. ------------------------------------------------------------ This e-mail has been sent to you courtesy of OperaMail, as a free service from Opera Software, makers of the award-winning Web Browser, Opera. Visit us at http://www.opera.com/ or our portal at: http://www.myopera.com/ Your free e-mail account is waiting at: http://www.operamail.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------