Re: Linux: IDS LE replication, IECC & DBCockpit agents - WHEN?

Tim Schaefer wrote: > > Regarding onbar with Linux: > > Chances are great that you're going to be using cooked files for the > near future, unless you're one of the brave souls using raw files, > which I hear are now supported, but I've not yet used. > > In the event of using cooked files for the dbspaces, you are able to > use the standard backup products available in Linux, or at least > copy them to another system that does support your backup to tape, > and complete your backup. Unfortunately the only supported method of performing an external backup like this is using OnBar. Unless you bring the server down. Otherwise, your backup is not going to ensure data integrity. > In terms of using onbar, I've said it before, will say it again, > test EVERY restore feature of onbar and see if it really meets your > needs. Unless you can restore your backups to your satisfaction > onbar is useless. It's a necessary test, just like the way hospitals > have disaster drills. You will learn a lot. A backup is useless > unless you can restore from it. Oh certainly, just as you would with OnTape. > Informix has also announced that they are releasing sometime in the > near future "Onweb" the next IECC. If you want a screen shot of it > stop by my web site. I wonder when the 'on' prefix is going to change to 'ds'. :-) Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock http://www.informix.com |//////// /| | mailto:mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk |///// / //| | http://www.iiug.org +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |What year 2000 bug? year 2000 bug? |/// / ////| | |year 2000 bug? year 2000 bug? year |// / /////| | |2000 bug? year 2000 bug? year 1900 |/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+