From jameschoate at austin.rr.com Fri Feb 11 08:30:38 2011 From: jameschoate at austin.rr.com (jameschoate at austin.rr.com) Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:30:38 +0000 Subject: APM: Q: Informix B/U to dir Message-ID: <20110211163039.GG4SQ.104371.root@hrndva-web13-z01> Informix 9i has had the TAPEDEV parameter set to /mnt/AUS/test using onmonitor. The suggested ontape format is: ontape -s -L 0 -d However, when run on Solaris 9 v890 it produces: $ ontape -s -L 0 -d invalid argument ontape usage: { -a | -c | -l | -p | -r [-D DBspace_list] | -s [-L archive_level] [-A database_list] [-B database_list] [-N database_list] [-U database_list] } -a Automatic backup of logical logs -c Continuous backup of logical logs -l Logical restore -p Physical restore for HDR -r Full restore DBspaces/BLOBspaces as listed -s Archive full system -A set the following database(s) to ansi logging -B set the following database(s) to buffered logging -N set the following database(s) to no logging -U set the following database(s) to unbuffered logging Program over. Q1: Why does it not appear to know about the -d option When setting the archive device via onmonitor it provides settings for block size and tape length, since I'm using a muti-TB NAS I'd like to set this to a real world reasonable size instead of the 4G tape default. Q2: Does setting the archive dir above to something other than /dev/null over-ride the settings in tape size I've got a primary application that is running a backup w/ TAPEDEV=/dev/null and parameters set via their script so it backs up to a SAN once a day. We'd like to do diffs. Since I want to run my secondary b/u such that I get a level 0 once a day and a level 1 b/u every 4 hours being able to dynamically change from/to the two parameter sets is pretty critical. onmonitor is not really condusive running in a wrapper. Q3: Anyone got an exemplar of expect or other method (e.g. >>EOF) to run a crontab such that I can run my secondary b/u w/o conflict with the applications b/u? -- -- -- -- -- Venimus, Vidimus, Dolavimus jameschoate at austin.rr.com james.choate at g.austincc.edu james.choate at twcable.com h: 512-657-1279 w: 512-845-8989 http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Confusion_Research_Center http://confusionresearchcenter.org http://arbornet.org::ravage Adapt, Adopt, Improvise -- -- -- --