Re: Appending to Informix backup

In article <912356AFCBCFD111BE260060972F435F15DB8B@treska.tconsult.cz>, June Tong <june_t@hotmail.com> writes >Neil Truby wrote: > >> WF Software wrote: >> >> > If you are trying to put Informix backups on one tape then, AFAIK, you >> > can't 'cos Informix always rewinds the tape. >> >> Not quite true. You can put multiple archives on a tape by setting >> TAPEDEV to a non-rewind device. The archive doesn't rewind the tape >> first. However, the restore does (it reads the archive header first), > >Not quite true. Neither archive nor restore rewinds the tape -- they simply >*expect* the tape to rewind, because they expect *you* to use a rewinding >tape device, which should rewind everytime they issue a close() call. *IF* >you use a non-rewinding tape device (not supported, but doable), when you >finish your Informix backup, your tape will be at the end of the archive, and >you can use it to back up your file system. This will probably work fine >until you reach the point where the archive spans two tapes, and then you >will have really BIG problems. > >June (thinking that rewinding tapes should probably be added to her FAQ) OK. I'll add it to THE FAQ, can you give me a definate section I can add. PS Why don't Informix just support a rewind device and solve hundreds of potential support calls? >-- >june_t@hotmail.com >Lost in the wilds of Palo Alto, living on Mrs. Fields' chocolate chip cookies > > > -- David Williams Maintainer of the Informix FAQ Primary site (Beta Version) http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you, For you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here standing, Until the bitter end... So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm... All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care