Hi All,

I have a simple question.


Can backup using two different tools run together. It can run for
sure, I know.

However question is will there be any conflict if we have to restore?
Are they independent of each?

Example: onarchive and ontape. Taking L0 and L1 for both these.

With Best regards,
Jo

Jo wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a simple question.
>
>
> Can backup using two different tools run together. It can run for
> sure, I know.
>
> However question is will there be any conflict if we have to restore?
> Are they independent of each?
>
> Example: onarchive and ontape. Taking L0 and L1 for both these.
>
> With Best regards,
> Jo

That's the best way to make sure that you will never be able to restore again.
If you take whole archives (L0, L1, L2 _and_ logs) with one tool, and then use
another to do the same, that's absolutely fine. You have either archive to go
back to.
But intermixing - that doesn't bear thinking. don't do it. ever. period.

As a side note, using onbar and switching storage manage mid archive, so that
you have certain logs and dbspaces on one storage manager, and others on the
other is an equally bad idea.
I do remember spending several hours writing a small xbsa client and moving
logs from one storage manager to another when somebody did just that and then
found himself in the position of having to do a cold restore a couple of hours
later...
--
Ciao,
Marco
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The system keeps track of all archives in reserved pages and/or the
systutils database. Please be very careful about mixing backup methods
and/or storage managers. It doesn't work. If you ever want to restore
choose one method and stick with it. Restore is difficult enough without
added complexities.

Regards

Malcolm

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: 30 October 2007 14:32
To: informix-list@iiug.org
Subject: Backup using two different tools run together

Hi All,

I have a simple question.


Can backup using two different tools run together. It can run for
sure, I know.

However question is will there be any conflict if we have to restore?
Are they independent of each?

Example: onarchive and ontape. Taking L0 and L1 for both these.

With Best regards,
Jo

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