RE: Using an autoloader tape drive to receive level-0 archives?

I am currently doing this on my system. I have a backup script, that kicks off ontape, but sends all output to a log file instead of to standard output. I have a while true loop inside the script, that sleeps for 300 seconds, and then does a tail on the log file to see if it needs another tape. If it does, I swap the tapes, and gives ontape a carriage return, so that it can continue again ... -----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Andy Lennard Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 1:08 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: Using an autoloader tape drive to receive level-0 archives? "Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> wrote in message news:2ggv76F2kuqhU1@uni-berlin.de... > "Andy Lennard" <ck_karisma@SCRUB-THIS.hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:c7vev1$c6s$1@sparta.btinternet.com... > > I guess there must be an easy answer to this, but I can't find it... > > > > If an autoloader is used to receive a level-0 archive, would I need to use > > any 'custom software' on a Solaris2.6 server running IDS 7.31? Or do the > > tapes just follow each other in sequence, as if by magic, so long as set > the > > correct parameters in the onconfig. > > How do you let the autoloader know that Informix has written out the full > TAPESIZE number of pages, and thus that it should switch tapes? > > perzactly... I've never used an autoloader, and I haven't been able to find any sort of definition as to what one is meant to do. What functionality does the word 'auto' give to the tape drive? ________________________________ << ella for Spam Control >> has removed 743 Spam messages and set aside 406 Newsletters for me You can use it too - and it's FREE! www.ellaforspam.com sending to informix-list