Re: ontape and norewind devices

In article <01bc3872$32dfdb90$25a0ca95@SCHNEIDERP>, Schneider Peter <Peter.Schneider@sni.siemens.at> writes >We like to upgrade from Online V5 to V7.21. >During our tests we saw that Online V7.21 can store to norewind devices >(ontape -s) Not supported - Informix do not support no reqind tape devices. >but is not able to restore from this device (ontape -r). >When restoring, ontape reads the header pages first, then prompts for a >'Y', rewinds the tape and quitts with an error, because the first data on >tape is an application-header and not the saved database. >Calling Informix-hotline, they said, this is a feature, not a bug. ontape >does only support rewind devices in V7. >Any ideas? Get a seperate drive for logging. >Peter Schneider, speaking for my own. -- David Williams