Strange results with onbar

Testing onbar with Informix 7.24, ADSM v3. onbar -b -w -L 0 backed up system in dbspace order (rootdbs, physdbs, logdbs ....)BUT onbar -r -w restored rootdbs and then the remaining spaces in ALPHABETICALorder of dbspace name. Everything restored okay (as best I can tell -- SAP still works), but I am concerned when I move to production and have 3+ tapes in a single backup. Apparently, the onbar caused ADSM to skip around on the tape backup and, if this is so, then a full production restore could have serious performance issues with tape mounts/dismounts. Anyone else noticed this phenomenon and found a workaround?? TIA Doug Agnew DBA Charlotte Pipe & Foundry dagnew@charlottepipe.com

Additional Info: The ixbar.0 file contained the dbspaces listed twice (duplicate. rows), once in physical order and once in alphabetical order. Doug Agnew wrote in message ... >Testing onbar with Informix 7.24, ADSM v3. > >onbar -b -w -L 0 backed up system in dbspace order (rootdbs, physdbs,logdbs >Doug Agnew >DBA >Charlotte Pipe & Foundry >dagnew@charlottepipe.com > >