Backup/Restore check w/ ONTAPE

Hi, Does informix have some sort of system commit number (like Oracle) that I can verify a backup after restoring onto another machine? I would like to backup a system, get a CRC, check#, etc., do a restore and recheck that CRC, check#, commit# on the newly restored backup to see if they match. Is that possible? Thanks, Michael

On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 12:50:07 -0400, MF wrote: > Hi, > > Does informix have some sort of system commit number (like Oracle) that I can > verify a backup after restoring onto another machine? > > I would like to backup a system, get a CRC, check#, etc., do a restore and > recheck that CRC, check#, commit# on the newly restored backup to see if they > match. > > Is that possible? No. However, you can use the archecker utility to validate an archive tape. It will read through the archive for internal consistency check for missing pages, etc.. Art S. Kagel > Thanks, > Michael