online backup of 9.21 with onbar ?

Hello Informix gurus, Here is what I intend to do. Please check and tell me that if way is correct or not. We have Informix 9.21, hp-ux 11.00 I want to backup the database online with onbar utility, while users are inserting, deleting and reporting the database tables. Our database is in on-line mode. Currently LTAPEDEV=/dev/null My Steps: 1) I will install Legato Networker Client and networker module for Informix 2) will not backup logical logs 3) It means, I will make whole-system backup (onbar -b -w) My question is while my database is online and in use by users, can I have a whole-system backup without backing up the logical logs by setting the LTAPEDEV=/dev/null My concerns are: after every logs is filled, will my database hang? If yes, will I be able to cancel my backup and what will I have to do after I cancel. Please help Thanks in advance ZY

zafyil wrote: > Here is what I intend to do. Please check and tell me that if way is > correct or not. > > We have Informix 9.21, hp-ux 11.00 You should be considering upgrading - definitely IDS and probably HP-UX too. > I want to backup the database online with onbar utility, while users are > inserting, deleting and reporting the database tables. Our database is in > on-line mode. Currently LTAPEDEV=/dev/null > > My Steps: > 1) I will install Legato Networker Client and networker module for > Informix > 2) will not backup logical logs > 3) It means, I will make whole-system backup (onbar -b -w) > > My question is while my database is online and in use by users, can I have > a whole-system backup without backing up the logical logs by setting the > LTAPEDEV=/dev/null You can do the backup. > My concerns are: after every logs is filled, will my database hang? If > yes, will I be able to cancel my backup and what will I have to do after I > cancel. No, it won't hang, any more than it does during normal operation. -- Jonathan Leffler #include <disclaimer.h> Email: jleffler@earthlink.net, jleffler@us.ibm.com Guardian of DBD::Informix v2003.04 -- http://dbi.perl.org/

You need to backup the logs !!! If you dont you will have a crappy backup that is inconsistent. "zafyil" <zafer_yildirim@lycos.com> wrote in message news:1f7e2deed1a4af8984a4ad4ef2ff6326@localhost.talkaboutdatabases.com... > Hello Informix gurus, > > Here is what I intend to do. Please check and tell me that if way is > correct or not. > > We have Informix 9.21, hp-ux 11.00 > > I want to backup the database online with onbar utility, while users are > inserting, deleting and reporting the database tables. Our database is in > on-line mode. Currently LTAPEDEV=/dev/null > > My Steps: > 1) I will install Legato Networker Client and networker module for > Informix > 2) will not backup logical logs > 3) It means, I will make whole-system backup (onbar -b -w) > > My question is while my database is online and in use by users, can I have > a whole-system backup without backing up the logical logs by setting the > LTAPEDEV=/dev/null > > My concerns are: after every logs is filled, will my database hang? If > yes, will I be able to cancel my backup and what will I have to do after I > cancel. > > Please help > Thanks in advance > ZY > > > > > > > > > >

brett wrote: > You need to backup the logs !!! > > If you dont you will have a crappy backup that is inconsistent. Are you sure of that? > "zafyil" <zafer_yildirim@lycos.com> wrote: >>Here is what I intend to do. Please check and tell me that if way is >>correct or not. >> >>We have Informix 9.21, hp-ux 11.00 >> >>I want to backup the database online with onbar utility, while users are >>inserting, deleting and reporting the database tables. Our database is in >>on-line mode. Currently LTAPEDEV=/dev/null >> >>My Steps: >>1) I will install Legato Networker Client and networker module for >>Informix >>2) will not backup logical logs >>3) It means, I will make whole-system backup (onbar -b -w) >> >>My question is while my database is online and in use by users, can I have >>a whole-system backup without backing up the logical logs by setting the >>LTAPEDEV=/dev/null >> >>My concerns are: after every logs is filled, will my database hang? If >>yes, will I be able to cancel my backup and what will I have to do after I >>cancel. -- Jonathan Leffler #include <disclaimer.h> Email: jleffler@earthlink.net, jleffler@us.ibm.com Guardian of DBD::Informix v2003.04 -- http://dbi.perl.org/