Why does it still think the LTAPEDEV is nul?

I shutdown transaction logging for a software firm who wanted to dial in and make some upgrade changes. To do this, I changed the onconfig file to reflect my tape backup devices for level 0 and logical logs to nul (that's null to you unix guys). No problem, transaction logging turned off. After the programmer was done, I changed the onconfig file back to reflect my tape backup devices are now \\\\.\\tape0 and \\\\.\\tape2 and turned on transaction logging. Level 0 started, no problem, level 0 completed and I see in the online.log that I have transaction logging turned back on. When I run the ontape -c command, I get an error: Performing continuous backup of logical logs. Logbackup failed - Log backup to device 'nul' not allowed Program over. Why? I went back and doublechecked the onconfig file. Yep, I rem'd the nul line and un-rem'd: LTAPEDEV \\\\.\\TAPE2 # Log tape device path I realize (now) I should have turned on logical logging first before I changed the backup paths back to their respective tape devices. I had to wait until the level 0 was complete before the transaction logging was turned back on. No harm done though because I didn't have any user's logged in (and still don't, it's 02:09 hours for me right now!) Um, any answers before 07:00 Central Standard Time would be greatly appreciated!!! Wynne Informix 7.31 on NT Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

Please check the entries in the reserved pages with oncheck -cr. If there´s a difference between the onconfig-file and the r.-pages you must reboot the server. Regards Erik Stahlhut "Impy" <wyn441@my-deja.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:8tjarf$90$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > I shutdown transaction logging for a software firm who wanted to dial > in and make some upgrade changes. To do this, I changed the onconfig > file to reflect my tape backup devices for level 0 and logical logs to > nul (that's null to you unix guys). No problem, transaction logging > turned off. > After the programmer was done, I changed the onconfig file back to > reflect my tape backup devices are now \\\\.\\tape0 and \\\\.\\tape2 and > turned on transaction logging. > Level 0 started, no problem, level 0 completed and I see in the > online.log that I have transaction logging turned back on. When I run > the ontape -c command, I get an error: > Performing continuous backup of logical logs. > Logbackup failed - Log backup to device 'nul' not allowed > Program over. > > Why? I went back and doublechecked the onconfig file. Yep, I rem'd the > nul line and un-rem'd: > LTAPEDEV \\\\.\\TAPE2 # Log tape device path> > I realize (now) I should have turned on logical logging first before I > changed the backup paths back to their respective tape devices. I had > to wait until the level 0 was complete before the transaction logging > was turned back on. No harm done though because I didn't have any > user's logged in (and still don't, it's 02:09 hours for me right now!) > > Um, any answers before 07:00 Central Standard Time would be greatly > appreciated!!! > > Wynne > Informix 7.31 on NT > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.

In article <8tjdbc$9cm$07$1@news.t-online.com>, "Erik Stahlhut" <isr-est@t-online.de> wrote: > Please check the entries in the reserved pages with oncheck -cr. If there's > a difference between the onconfig-file and the r.-pages you must reboot the > server. > > Regards > Erik Stahlhut Thanks, that helped me figure out what to do (but I had to dig deep to remember how to stop/start services from a prompt since I am doing this remotely.) But it still didn't answer my question. oncheck -pr showed:ONCONFIG config file error on element TAPEDEV. Value in reserved page: nul Value in config file: \\\\.\\TAPE0 ONCONFIG config file error on element LTAPEDEV. Value in reserved page: nul Value in config file: \\\\.\\TAPE2 Why did this become a problem? Thanks for any light you can shed on this. Wynne Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

Hi Wynne If you change LTAPEDEV from null to any exist device then you have to restart your instance for your log archive task. Otherwise the parameter "LTAPEDEV=/dev/null" will keep in your instance even though you have redirect the tape device path. regards, Eric Chen Trainer Education Service Dept. Informix Software Taiwan Inc. 12F., 170, Tun-Hua N. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan "Impy" <wyn441@my-deja.com> '''g''l'' news:8tjarf$90$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > I shutdown transaction logging for a software firm who wanted to dial > in and make some upgrade changes. To do this, I changed the onconfig > file to reflect my tape backup devices for level 0 and logical logs to > nul (that's null to you unix guys). No problem, transaction logging > turned off. > After the programmer was done, I changed the onconfig file back to > reflect my tape backup devices are now \\\\.\\tape0 and \\\\.\\tape2 and > turned on transaction logging. > Level 0 started, no problem, level 0 completed and I see in the > online.log that I have transaction logging turned back on. When I run > the ontape -c command, I get an error: > Performing continuous backup of logical logs. > Logbackup failed - Log backup to device 'nul' not allowed > Program over. > > Why? I went back and doublechecked the onconfig file. Yep, I rem'd the > nul line and un-rem'd: > LTAPEDEV \\\\.\\TAPE2 # Log tape device path> > I realize (now) I should have turned on logical logging first before I > changed the backup paths back to their respective tape devices. I had > to wait until the level 0 was complete before the transaction logging > was turned back on. No harm done though because I didn't have any > user's logged in (and still don't, it's 02:09 hours for me right now!) > > Um, any answers before 07:00 Central Standard Time would be greatly > appreciated!!! > > Wynne > Informix 7.31 on NT > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.

In article <8tm0o1$mvr1@www.informix.com>, "Eric Chen" <echen@informix.com> wrote: > Hi Wynne > > If you change LTAPEDEV from null to any exist device then you have to > restart your instance for your log archive task. Otherwise the parameter > "LTAPEDEV=/dev/null" will keep in your instance even though you have > redirect the tape device path. > > regards, > > Eric Chen > Trainer > Education Service Dept. > Informix Software Taiwan Inc. > 12F., 170, Tun-Hua N. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan Eric, If I read your answer correctly you are saying that an instance restart (bounce) is required when changing the path of the tape device? This is not normally the case. I believe the ontape command checks the onconfig command for tape locations. In fact, I do the level 0 on tape0 and the logical logs on tape2. When I changed them to nul I did not restart the instance and the operation (turn off transactional logging) worked fine. Then when I turned the logging back on, I changed both devices back from nul to their respective devices again. The level 0 worked fine and did a backup to the tape0 device without the aid of a bounce. After the level 0 was completed I started ontape -c and this is when it failed. In other words, part of my change work without a bounce and the other part did not. Why? Thanks for your help! Wynne Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

You should be able to change LTAPEDEV in onmonitor and not have to bounce the engine. Will P.S. where is the onmonitor documentation in 9.2, I couldnt find it in the admin guide. In article <8tm0o1$mvr1@www.informix.com>, "Eric Chen" <echen@informix.com> wrote: > Hi Wynne > > If you change LTAPEDEV from null to any exist device then you have to > restart your instance for your log archive task. Otherwise the parameter > "LTAPEDEV=/dev/null" will keep in your instance even though you have > redirect the tape device path. > > regards, > > Eric Chen > Trainer > Education Service Dept. > Informix Software Taiwan Inc. > 12F., 170, Tun-Hua N. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan > > "Impy" <wyn441@my-deja.com> '''g''l'' news:8tjarf$90$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > > I shutdown transaction logging for a software firm who wanted to dial > > in and make some upgrade changes. To do this, I changed the onconfig > > file to reflect my tape backup devices for level 0 and logical logs to > > nul (that's null to you unix guys). No problem, transaction logging > > turned off. > > After the programmer was done, I changed the onconfig file back to > > reflect my tape backup devices are now \\\\.\\tape0 and \\\\.\\tape2 and > > turned on transaction logging. > > Level 0 started, no problem, level 0 completed and I see in the > > online.log that I have transaction logging turned back on. When I run > > the ontape -c command, I get an error: > > Performing continuous backup of logical logs. > > Logbackup failed - Log backup to device 'nul' not allowed > > Program over. > > > > Why? I went back and doublechecked the onconfig file. Yep, I rem'd the > > nul line and un-rem'd: > > LTAPEDEV \\\\.\\TAPE2 # Log tape device path> > > > I realize (now) I should have turned on logical logging first before I > > changed the backup paths back to their respective tape devices. I had > > to wait until the level 0 was complete before the transaction logging > > was turned back on. No harm done though because I didn't have any > > user's logged in (and still don't, it's 02:09 hours for me right now!) > > > > Um, any answers before 07:00 Central Standard Time would be greatly > > appreciated!!! > > > > Wynne > > Informix 7.31 on NT > > > > > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > Before you buy. > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

7.30.TC7 NT Server 4 SP 3 Ok, one more time. I'm not asking how to set devices, etc...I believe I do not need to bounce the instance since I'm using the ontape command. (Carlton Doe, I read this in your book, so if you are out there reading this, help me out!) First, I changed the onconfig file tape devices to point to nul Second, I typed: ontape -s -N my_dbNext a level 0 was done to nul and transaction logging was stopped. Great, fine, this is what I wanted. Ok, when I was ready to go back to logging... First, I changed the onconfig file back to \\\\.\\tape0 (physical logs) and \\\\.\\tape2 (logical logs). Then I typed: ontape -s -B son_db. I was prompted to insert a tape into \\\\.\\tape0 and I did so. A level 0 was performed. All this without ever having bounced the instance. Next I tried to turn on continous backup of logical logs by typing: ontape -c.This is where I got the error message. Using the oncheck -cr command, per Erik Stahlhut, I could see that the reserved pages disagreed with the onconfig file, like he said and I did wind up bouncing the instance. Now I can perform the ontape -c command and start backing up the logicals. Alls well that ends well. So my question, Why did changing the tape devices work for the phyiscal logs (level 0) but not the logical logs until I bounced the instance? By the way, I did a "find / -name onmonitor* -print" and did not find onmonitor command you mention. Is this a ver 9 product? "William Rice" <ricew@operamail.com> wrote in message news:8tmouq$ra5$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > You should be able to change LTAPEDEV in onmonitor and not have to > bounce the engine. > > Will > > P.S. where is the onmonitor documentation in 9.2, I couldnt find it in > the admin guide. > > > In article <8tm0o1$mvr1@www.informix.com>, > "Eric Chen" <echen@informix.com> wrote: > > Hi Wynne > > > > If you change LTAPEDEV from null to any exist device then you have to > > restart your instance for your log archive task. Otherwise the > parameter > > "LTAPEDEV=/dev/null" will keep in your instance even though you have > > redirect the tape device path. > > > > regards, > > > > Eric Chen > > Trainer > > Education Service Dept. > > Informix Software Taiwan Inc. > > 12F., 170, Tun-Hua N. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan > > > > "Impy" <wyn441@my-deja.com> '''g''l'' > news:8tjarf$90$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > > > I shutdown transaction logging for a software firm who wanted to > dial > > > in and make some upgrade changes. To do this, I changed the onconfig > > > file to reflect my tape backup devices for level 0 and logical logs > to > > > nul (that's null to you unix guys). No problem, transaction logging > > > turned off. > > > After the programmer was done, I changed the onconfig file back to > > > reflect my tape backup devices are now \\\\.\\tape0 and \\\\.\\tape2 and > > > turned on transaction logging. > > > Level 0 started, no problem, level 0 completed and I see in the > > > online.log that I have transaction logging turned back on. When I > run > > > the ontape -c command, I get an error: > > > Performing continuous backup of logical logs. > > > Logbackup failed - Log backup to device 'nul' not allowed > > > Program over. > > > > > > Why? I went back and doublechecked the onconfig file. Yep, I rem'd > the > > > nul line and un-rem'd: > > > LTAPEDEV \\\\.\\TAPE2 # Log tape device path> > > > > > I realize (now) I should have turned on logical logging first before > I > > > changed the backup paths back to their respective tape devices. I > had > > > to wait until the level 0 was complete before the transaction > logging > > > was turned back on. No harm done though because I didn't have any > > > user's logged in (and still don't, it's 02:09 hours for me right > now!) > > > > > > Um, any answers before 07:00 Central Standard Time would be greatly > > > appreciated!!! > > > > > > Wynne > > > Informix 7.31 on NT > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > > Before you buy. > > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.

On Tue, 31 Oct 2000 13:29:38 -0600, "Impy" <wlinden@stritch.edu> wrote: >7.30.TC7 NT Server 4 SP 3 >By the way, I did a "find / -name onmonitor* -print" and did not find >onmonitor command you mention. Is this a ver 9 product? > > It only exists for informix on unix. Informix 7.2x had some windows tools to replace it, but I gather it gave so many problems, that 7.30 did not have it, but why couldn't Informix replace them with onmonitor. Do you have the find command on NT? Joachim verhagen. -- Joachim Verhagen (jcdverha@xs4all.nl) WWW http://www.xs4all.nl/~jcdverha/ (Science Jokes)

I used the find command in a unix shell on NT. Yes, NT has a find command. I didn't use it. Should I have? Wynne "Joachim Verhagen" <joachim.verhagen@xs4all.nl> wrote in message news:3a007554.1160056@news.xs4all.nl... > On Tue, 31 Oct 2000 13:29:38 -0600, "Impy" <wlinden@stritch.edu> wrote: > > >7.30.TC7 NT Server 4 SP 3 > > >By the way, I did a "find / -name onmonitor* -print" and did not find > >onmonitor command you mention. Is this a ver 9 product? > > > > > > It only exists for informix on unix. > Informix 7.2x had some windows tools to replace it, but I gather it gave so > many problems, that 7.30 did not have it, but why couldn't Informix replace > them with onmonitor. > > Do you have the find command on NT? > > Joachim verhagen. > -- > Joachim Verhagen (jcdverha@xs4all.nl) > WWW http://www.xs4all.nl/~jcdverha/ (Science Jokes)

My apologies, having never used NT, I did not realize that onmonitor does not come with NT. So it looks like bouncing the server is required. For some reason I want to say that LTAPEDEV can be changed on the fly as long as it is not going to/from nul. Unfortunately for me I haven't had a test box for over 3 months, so my ability to test wierd stuff is nil. Will In article <8tn6hv$nam9m$1@ID-51564.news.dfncis.de>, "Impy" <wlinden@stritch.edu> wrote: > 7.30.TC7 NT Server 4 SP 3 > > Ok, one more time. I'm not asking how to set devices, etc...I believe I do > not need to bounce the instance since I'm using the ontape command. (Carlton > Doe, I read this in your book, so if you are out there reading this, help me > out!) > First, I changed the onconfig file tape devices to point to nul > Second, I typed: > ontape -s -N my_db> Next a level 0 was done to nul and transaction logging was stopped. > Great, fine, this is what I wanted. > > Ok, when I was ready to go back to logging... > First, I changed the onconfig file back to \\\\.\\tape0 (physical logs) and > \\\\.\\tape2 (logical logs). > Then I typed: > ontape -s -B son_db. > I was prompted to insert a tape into \\\\.\\tape0 and I did so. A level 0was > performed. > > All this without ever having bounced the instance. > > Next I tried to turn on continous backup of logical logs by typing: > ontape -c.> This is where I got the error message. Using the oncheck -cr command, per > Erik Stahlhut, I could see that the reserved pages disagreed with the > onconfig file, like he said and I did wind up bouncing the instance. Now I > can perform the ontape -c command and start backing up the logicals. Alls > well that ends well. > > So my question, Why did changing the tape devices work for the phyiscal logs > (level 0) but not the logical logs until I bounced the instance? > > By the way, I did a "find / -name onmonitor* -print" and did not find > onmonitor command you mention. Is this a ver 9 product? > > "William Rice" <ricew@operamail.com> wrote in message > news:8tmouq$ra5$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > > You should be able to change LTAPEDEV in onmonitor and not have to > > bounce the engine. > > > > Will > > > > P.S. where is the onmonitor documentation in 9.2, I couldnt find it in > > the admin guide. > > > > > > In article <8tm0o1$mvr1@www.informix.com>, > > "Eric Chen" <echen@informix.com> wrote: > > > Hi Wynne > > > > > > If you change LTAPEDEV from null to any exist device then you have to > > > restart your instance for your log archive task. Otherwise the > > parameter > > > "LTAPEDEV=/dev/null" will keep in your instance even though you have > > > redirect the tape device path. > > > > > > regards, > > > > > > Eric Chen > > > Trainer > > > Education Service Dept. > > > Informix Software Taiwan Inc. > > > 12F., 170, Tun-Hua N. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan > > > > > > "Impy" <wyn441@my-deja.com> '''g''l'' > > news:8tjarf$90$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > > > > I shutdown transaction logging for a software firm who wanted to > > dial > > > > in and make some upgrade changes. To do this, I changed the onconfig > > > > file to reflect my tape backup devices for level 0 and logical logs > > to > > > > nul (that's null to you unix guys). No problem, transaction logging > > > > turned off. > > > > After the programmer was done, I changed the onconfig file back to > > > > reflect my tape backup devices are now \\\\.\\tape0 and \\\\.\\tape2 and > > > > turned on transaction logging. > > > > Level 0 started, no problem, level 0 completed and I see in the > > > > online.log that I have transaction logging turned back on. When I > > run > > > > the ontape -c command, I get an error: > > > > Performing continuous backup of logical logs. > > > > Logbackup failed - Log backup to device 'nul' not allowed > > > > Program over. > > > > > > > > Why? I went back and doublechecked the onconfig file. Yep, I rem'd > > the > > > > nul line and un-rem'd: > > > > LTAPEDEV \\\\.\\TAPE2 # Log tape device path> > > > > > > > I realize (now) I should have turned on logical logging first before > > I > > > > changed the backup paths back to their respective tape devices. I > > had > > > > to wait until the level 0 was complete before the transaction > > logging > > > > was turned back on. No harm done though because I didn't have any > > > > user's logged in (and still don't, it's 02:09 hours for me right > > now!) > > > > > > > > Um, any answers before 07:00 Central Standard Time would be greatly > > > > appreciated!!! > > > > > > > > Wynne > > > > Informix 7.31 on NT > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > > > Before you buy. > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > Before you buy. > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

That's ok, most of my replies were based on UNIX, I guess next time I'll post my configuration at the beginning of the message instead of the end (hey, it was 2:00 am and I was tired!). I scoured Carlton Doe's book and found, over and over again, references to not needing to bounce when running ontape because it checks the onconfig file dynamically. I found at least three places where he very specifically says don't bother bouncing. But I'm starting to believe that LTAPEDEV can go from tape to nul without a bounce but a bounce is required when going from nul to tape. I can't test this out yet, but the boss finally gave me a test server to play with and as soon as I get it set up (get ready for a lot of installation problem questions...) this will be the first thing I look at because it is making me (more) crazy. Thanks for your response! Wynne "William Rice" <ricew@operamail.com> wrote in message news:8trvlt$570$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > My apologies, having never used NT, I did not realize that onmonitor > does not come with NT. So it looks like bouncing the server is > required. For some reason I want to say that LTAPEDEV can be changed on > the fly as long as it is not going to/from nul. Unfortunately for me I > haven't had a test box for over 3 months, so my ability to test wierd > stuff is nil. > > Will > > > In article <8tn6hv$nam9m$1@ID-51564.news.dfncis.de>, > "Impy" <wlinden@stritch.edu> wrote: > > 7.30.TC7 NT Server 4 SP 3 > > > > Ok, one more time. I'm not asking how to set devices, etc...I believe > I do > > not need to bounce the instance since I'm using the ontape command. > (Carlton > > Doe, I read this in your book, so if you are out there reading this, > help me > > out!) > > First, I changed the onconfig file tape devices to point to nul > > Second, I typed: > > ontape -s -N my_db> > Next a level 0 was done to nul and transaction logging was stopped. > > Great, fine, this is what I wanted. > > > > Ok, when I was ready to go back to logging... > > First, I changed the onconfig file back to \\\\.\\tape0 (physical logs) > and > > \\\\.\\tape2 (logical logs). > > Then I typed: > > ontape -s -B son_db. > > I was prompted to insert a tape into \\\\.\\tape0 and I did so. A level 0> was > > performed. > > > > All this without ever having bounced the instance. > > > > Next I tried to turn on continous backup of logical logs by typing: > > ontape -c.> > This is where I got the error message. Using the oncheck -cr command, > per > > Erik Stahlhut, I could see that the reserved pages disagreed with the > > onconfig file, like he said and I did wind up bouncing the instance. > Now I > > can perform the ontape -c command and start backing up the logicals. > Alls > > well that ends well. > > > > So my question, Why did changing the tape devices work for the > phyiscal logs > > (level 0) but not the logical logs until I bounced the instance? > > > > By the way, I did a "find / -name onmonitor* -print" and did not find > > onmonitor command you mention. Is this a ver 9 product? > > > > "William Rice" <ricew@operamail.com> wrote in message > > news:8tmouq$ra5$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > > > You should be able to change LTAPEDEV in onmonitor and not have to > > > bounce the engine. > > > > > > Will > > > > > > P.S. where is the onmonitor documentation in 9.2, I couldnt find it > in > > > the admin guide. > > > > > > > > > In article <8tm0o1$mvr1@www.informix.com>, > > > "Eric Chen" <echen@informix.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Wynne > > > > > > > > If you change LTAPEDEV from null to any exist device then you have > to > > > > restart your instance for your log archive task. Otherwise the > > > parameter > > > > "LTAPEDEV=/dev/null" will keep in your instance even though you > have > > > > redirect the tape device path. > > > > > > > > regards, > > > > > > > > Eric Chen > > > > Trainer > > > > Education Service Dept. > > > > Informix Software Taiwan Inc. > > > > 12F., 170, Tun-Hua N. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan > > > > > > > > "Impy" <wyn441@my-deja.com> '''g''l'' > > > news:8tjarf$90$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > > > > > I shutdown transaction logging for a software firm who wanted to > > > dial > > > > > in and make some upgrade changes. To do this, I changed the > onconfig > > > > > file to reflect my tape backup devices for level 0 and logical > logs > > > to > > > > > nul (that's null to you unix guys). No problem, transaction > logging > > > > > turned off. > > > > > After the programmer was done, I changed the onconfig file back > to > > > > > reflect my tape backup devices are now \\\\.\\tape0 and \\\\.\\tape2 > and > > > > > turned on transaction logging. > > > > > Level 0 started, no problem, level 0 completed and I see in the > > > > > online.log that I have transaction logging turned back on. When > I > > > run > > > > > the ontape -c command, I get an error: > > > > > Performing continuous backup of logical logs. > > > > > Logbackup failed - Log backup to device 'nul' not allowed > > > > > Program over. > > > > > > > > > > Why? I went back and doublechecked the onconfig file. Yep, I > rem'd > > > the > > > > > nul line and un-rem'd: > > > > > LTAPEDEV \\\\.\\TAPE2 # Log tape device path> > > > > > > > > > I realize (now) I should have turned on logical logging first > before > > > I > > > > > changed the backup paths back to their respective tape devices. > I > > > had > > > > > to wait until the level 0 was complete before the transaction > > > logging > > > > > was turned back on. No harm done though because I didn't have > any > > > > > user's logged in (and still don't, it's 02:09 hours for me right > > > now!) > > > > > > > > > > Um, any answers before 07:00 Central Standard Time would be > greatly > > > > > appreciated!!! > > > > > > > > > > Wynne > > > > > Informix 7.31 on NT > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > > > > Before you buy. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > > Before you buy. > > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.

OK, definitive answer. Since the engine has to check the value of LTAPEDEV every time a logical log fills it ONLY looks at the copy in shared memory that is created at engine startup. This is different from the TAPEDEV parameter which is ONLY read from the ONCONFIG file. If you only changed the value in the ONCONFIG file the engine AND ontape will not know about the change until you shutdown and restart the engine. On UNIX you can use the ONMONITOR utility to change the value of LTAPEDEV on disk and onmonitor will ALSO change the in-memory version of that parameter so that the change takes effect immediately. On NT there IS not onmonitor utility so you are out-of-luck and have to shutdown and restart the engine. Art S. Kagel Impy wrote: > > In article <8tjdbc$9cm$07$1@news.t-online.com>, > "Erik Stahlhut" <isr-est@t-online.de> wrote: > > Please check the entries in the reserved pages with oncheck -cr. If > there´s > > a difference between the onconfig-file and the r.-pages you must > reboot the > > server. > > > > Regards > > Erik Stahlhut > Thanks, that helped me figure out what to do (but I had to dig deep to > remember how to stop/start services from a prompt since I am doing this > remotely.) But it still didn't answer my question. > oncheck -pr showed:> ONCONFIG config file error on element TAPEDEV. > Value in reserved page: nul > Value in config file: \\\\.\\TAPE0 > ONCONFIG config file error on element LTAPEDEV. > Value in reserved page: nul > Value in config file: \\\\.\\TAPE2 > Why did this become a problem? > Thanks for any light you can shed on this. > Wynne > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.