Re: tbtape -c in background

>From: dwight@rudolph.com (Dwight Rudolph Jr) >Date: 15 Apr 1997 12:26:44 GMT >X-Informix-List-Id: <news.36589> > >Actually the whole log backup process sort of irritates me. We do a full >level 0 backup every night and we're willing to reload that backup (losing a >day's work) if there's a disk crash. So the logical logs aren't worth all >that much to us. > >I realize there are lots of places that must recover every committed >transaction, but I'm sure there are lots, like us, that don't. An option to >NOT do logical logs (like Rdb/VMS has) would be really welcome. Well, what's wrong with setting the LTAPEDEV to /dev/null? This value is detected and treated specially, precisely so you do not have to run ontape ever. All my systems run like that -- I don't have anything of value in my databases. If you can afford to lose all the transactions since the last archive, then you do not need to back up the logical logs. In practice, few people can afford that in a commercial environment, but where you can, exploit the opportunity. Yours, Jonathan Leffler (johnl@informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h>