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hi cpu533, You can also insert tapes from slot to drive or vice versa via command line. Very handy when creating scripts for automatic backup. /usr/bin/tapeutil -f /dev/rmt0 mount 1 -->> this mounts tape from slot 1 to tape drive rmt0 or rmt1 whichever you want it to mount to...

Sorry. Correction, it is sapdata instead of datalv.

hi Wiccachic, We use datalv1, datalv2, datalv3...and so on for our informix raw devices. You change "datalv" in the script to suit your your raw logical volumes. the script goes #!/bin/ksh for lv in `lsvg -o | lsvg -i -l | grep sapdata|awk '{print $1}'` do copies=`lslv $lv | grep COPIES |...

Hello, I have created a dbspace as a temporary storage for performing db reorganization using "Tables in Dbspace by 'alter fragment..." method. Now for I can not drop the dbspace because it say it is not empty. How do I drop the tables in the dbspace (say 2000+ tables)? Any help would be...

there was a discrepancy in the address of the second hard disk (hdisk0 10-68-00-0,0 hdisk1 10-68-00-1,0), as i intend to install it with mirroring, defined in the SDR. The system cannot see a device in that address, so when changed it using spchvgobj -h 10-68-00-0,0:10-68-00-2,0 the...

hello gurus, I have a mksysb of one of our nodes on tape. How can I make a copy of it to disk so that I can restore the system backup using nodecond? Is there a way for a node to boot the tape and restore its system backup? thank you all. nAtHaNs

hello gurus, I am trying to restore system backups of some of the nodes in our system. 2 of the nodes successfully restored but one node, node7 does not continue. It asks for "Press 1 and enter to perform English install". Why is it like that? the commands I use for all 3 nodes spchvgobj -r...

hi, I have installed samba on our pretty old J40 to serve as a file server. I have implemented quota per user. For testing, I set my quota to 200KB then tried to copy a 230KB file to my directory. Naturally the system prompts I have exceeded my quota and terminates the copy. I checked my...

Hello, If I take a level 0 or 1 backup of my database does it include everything in my logical log backup tape? Do I need to keep the tape or can I rewrite on it without loosing any vital information? thanks.

Thanks for all your replies. In the output of my onstat -d command, I have in the column offset two values, one is 4 and the other is 26000. What happens if I use a wrong offset value with the command onspaces -s dbs20 -p /dev/data55 -o 16 -O? Regards.

thanks for replying WiccaChic. How do I know the value of my offset?

hello all, I have cloned our production server, system and database, to another server for testing (back-up and restore, disaster recovery). But when I try to bring up the database, there are some chunks that are down. How do I recover them? thank you.

hello gurus, Is it possible to have HACMP take over the IP address of an SP Switch? If yes, how? thanks.

Thanks for the reply Shriyan, Sorry but I really dont have much knowledge on Informix. How can i create a script and run it? is it somewhat similar to ksh scripts? I need to check this info from the command line. Because I want to monitor the free space of my dbspaces from a third party...

Hi gurus, I need to know how to check from command line the %freespace of all dbspace. my OS is AIX DB Informix 7.31 Thank you.