Re: transaction log
Posted in 1998
I have this concern regarding transaction log backup. Can onbar works with
ontape? For example, I use onbar to backup my dbspaces and use ontape to
backup transaction log into a file. Will that work when I need to restore
the database to a consistency point?
Art S. Kagel <kagel@bloomberg.net> wrote in article
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> CHEN Naibin wrote:
> >
> > Is there any way to backup continues transaction log to a disk file
> > instead to the tape? and how?
>
> Yes, just put the file path in the LTAPEDEV parameter in the ONCONFIG
> file and create an EMPTY file before starting ontape -c (rename the
> last file or it will be overwritten). The only problem is that when
> the file fills you must rename the file and create a new empty file.
>
> Art S. Kagel
>