Very Computer

Quote:>  Can't you kili it earlier (say every 6 hours and restart it.
>  Or course you have to move the 'full tape' i.e. 2Gb disk file out
>  of the way first or else it gets overwritten. (The other reason why
>  Informix don't like supporting untape to disk.

If I'm using tape and it got filled and prompted "mount a new tape" and I
hit ENTER what will happend, the content will be overwritten?? So It's the
same, informix didnt support this very well? Or am I wrong?

Quote:

>  Infromix:  "Or you overwrote it..well tough you can't rollforward"
>  User:      "Informix is crap!"
>  Informix   "(**&^%*&^%!!!"

>>any ideas on solving this one?

>>thanks,
>>Glenn Travis
>>Sr. DBA
>>Circuit City / Divx

>>Informix 7.23uc9
>>Sun solaris 2.5

>--
>David Williams

>Maintainer of the Informix FAQ
> Primary site (Beta Version)  http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk
> Official site                http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html

>I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you,
For
>you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here
>standing, Until the bitter end...
>So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm...
>All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care

Quote:>  Can't you kili it earlier (say every 6 hours and restart it.
>  Or course you have to move the 'full tape' i.e. 2Gb disk file out
>  of the way first or else it gets overwritten. (The other reason why
>  Informix don't like supporting untape to disk.

If I'm using tape and it got filled and prompted "mount a new tape" and I
hit ENTER what will happend, the content will be overwritten?? So It's the
same, informix didnt support this very well? Or am I wrong?

Quote:

>  Infromix:  "Or you overwrote it..well tough you can't rollforward"
>  User:      "Informix is crap!"
>  Informix   "(**&^%*&^%!!!"

>>any ideas on solving this one?

>>thanks,
>>Glenn Travis
>>Sr. DBA
>>Circuit City / Divx

>>Informix 7.23uc9
>>Sun solaris 2.5

>--
>David Williams

>Maintainer of the Informix FAQ
> Primary site (Beta Version)  http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk
> Official site                http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html

>I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you,
For
>you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here
>standing, Until the bitter end...
>So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm...
>All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care

writes

Quote:

>>  Can't you kili it earlier (say every 6 hours and restart it.
>>  Or course you have to move the 'full tape' i.e. 2Gb disk file out
>>  of the way first or else it gets overwritten. (The other reason why
>>  Informix don't like supporting untape to disk.

>If I'm using tape and it got filled and prompted "mount a new tape" and I
>hit ENTER what will happend, the content will be overwritten?? So It's the
>same, informix didnt support this very well? Or am I wrong?

  Yes, but people tend to find changing tapes easy.

  Move disk files around or changing links tends to be more error-prone.

Quote:

>>  Infromix:  "Or you overwrote it..well tough you can't rollforward"
>>  User:      "Informix is crap!"
>>  Informix   "(**&^%*&^%!!!"

>>>any ideas on solving this one?

>>>thanks,
>>>Glenn Travis
>>>Sr. DBA
>>>Circuit City / Divx

>>>Informix 7.23uc9
>>>Sun solaris 2.5

>>--
>>David Williams

>>Maintainer of the Informix FAQ
>> Primary site (Beta Version)  http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk
>> Official site                http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html

>>I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you,
>For
>>you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here
>>standing, Until the bitter end...
>>So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm...
>>All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care

--
David Williams

Maintainer of the Informix FAQ
 Primary site (Beta Version)  http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk
 Official site                http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html

I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you, For
you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here
standing, Until the bitter end...
So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm...
All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Hello,

Quote:> If I'm using tape and it got filled and prompted "mount a new tape"
> and I
> hit ENTER what will happend, the content will be overwritten?? So It's
> the
> same, informix didnt support this very well? Or am I wrong?

[TomaHawk]  The content will not be overwritten. When I first had to
setup ontape ( ONCONFIG etc ) I had defined LTAPESIZE a factor 1000 too
small.
Ontape started to backup and within a few seconds it asked for the next
tape, I pressed enter but it kept insisting on a new tape.

So it should not be a problem...

==> Greetings, Gerard Gerritsen

         Remote Services
         Simac Services Ede

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use
Charset: noconv

iQA/AwUBNTbx7x/QKcPNRHzCEQKt1gCg0ngwE2iw9CCmOHzg5Cyfpfew9rsAoNNn
goZ5JPkMl4IHRU35AT6DuB3c
=v4m2
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----