Re[2]: Ontape recovery ?

Hi. June is right. ARCUNLOAD is the only solution in your case. Just as an FYI, though. ARCUNLOAD will read the tape multiple times ( maybe 4-5) times, till it can retrieve your table(s), so do not assume that the program has gone beserk and kill it ( like I did !! And then I had to restore the whole instance on another machine to get my data back ) Anyway, thanks to a mail from June, I am now a whole lot wiser !! Sujata ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Subject: Re: Ontape recovery ? Author: <junet@iiug.org > Date: 1/29/98 1:30 PM > This is the situation. We backup our 7.14 database using ontape. We > have a problem where some data got blown away several weeks ago, and > it was just now discovered. I have an ontape Level 0 from three weeks > ago. Obviously, I can't restore this tape to the current production > database. > > What I would like to do is restore this tape on the same machine in a > different instance using the same chunk names but using symbolic links > to different raw devices. For example: As has already been mentioned, ontape (and all the other backup utilities) will restore your chunks to the original pathname, overwriting your production system. Check out my arcunload utility on the IIUG website: http://www.iiug.org/software/special_software/arcunload/arcnotice.html It may be able to help you out. Let me know if you have problems or questions. June