RE: onBar Experiences on Alpha, IDS 7.3

Posted in 2000

Arshad, Shehla — Tue, 9 May 2000 16:54:46 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Dont use an auto-rewind device > -----Original Message----- > From: John Goodbody [SMTP:a@a.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 2:27 PM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: onBar Experiences on Alpha, IDS 7.3 > > IDS 7.30.FC7 on Compaq Tru64 4.0F (was Digital UNIX). > > In our attempt to make the great leap forward from onTape to onBar with > Informix Storage Manager we have been experiencing some pain. > > A simple level 0 backup and restore to/from disk based volumes works fine. > > Using 4mm DAT tape appears to backup OK, but an attempt at a full cold > level-0 restore gives "Unable to read record 0 of file 2" in ISM and the > restore fails. > > We have experimented on three separate AlphaServers with the same result > on > each. > > From posts to this group it seems like most people get on OK with onBar. > Has anyone out there had success or failure with onBar, ISM, Tru64 and IDS > 7.3x ? > > Thanks for any responses. > > John Goodbody > > >