Re: Startup & Shutdown scripts wisdom needed for informix 7.2

Juan R. Guzman wrote: > > Here's mine. I run this script in a couple of servers and I also > removed a few lines that have to do with DR. Hope it helps. > > <INIT STUFF> > case $1 in > start) > echo "Starting Informix On-Line" > /bin/su - informix -c ${INFORMIXDIR}/bin/oninit > /bin/su - informix -c "${INFORMIXDIR}/bin/ontape -c &" > /bin/su - informix -c "${INFORMIXDIR}/bin/onprobe &" > echo "Informix is ready" > ;; > <ETC, ETC> I hate to be a critic of a nice script, But... I have come across so many sites with automated log backups (I am referring to your use of ontape -c) that I don't have much hair left. An example: I had a site which had crashed, and I restored and then tried loading the log tapes. The one they gave me and the logs I took off the system. Well you can guess the rest, there was a big gap between the two. So I asked who looked after the log backups, and they said "Oh nobody, it's fully automatic. We just make sure the log tape is in the drive". Notice they said "..THE log tape...". Arghh! So whenever the system went down, or was re-booted, yes you guessed it, they overwrote the previous logical logs. But otherwise the script looks fine. I've finished whinging now. Cheers, -- Mark. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Mark D. Stock - The West Solutions Group http://www.west.co.za | | | |mailto:marks@west.co.za +------------------------------------------------+ |Tel: +27 11 803 2151 |If it doesn't work... force it! | |Fax: +27 11 803 2189 |If it breaks... it needed replacing anyway! | |Cell: +27 83 250 2325 |Well, that's how I code anyway! | +------------------------+------------------------------------------------+