Re: archive to disk w/ ontape?

Also sprach Neil Truby <ntruby@netcomuk.co.uk> : :It isn't true that you can't use a no-rewind device with ontape. I do :it at my site. I back up a large server to /dev/rmt/0, then fsf to the :end of media then do another server's archive to /dev/rmt/0n. What IS :true is that, for the header-checking reason you describe, you can't :restore directly from a no-rewind device. In the case above, I have to :use dd to copy the second archive to disk (or another tape), then :restore from that. Ok, I should have said "archives to no-rewind devices are problematic." Also, Informix will not support such use of ontape. If you REALLY know what you are doing, you can get away with a lot of stuff. I still would not recommend it for 95% of the population. Dave Dave Kosenko (posting from home) Currently teaching folks everything I know about Informix at Summit Data Group (an Informix Authorized Education Center) For more info, see http://www.summitdata.com ********** "Everybody plays the fool, sometimes."