Hi !
i'm trying to backup and restore with ontape on a tape that is installed on my informix-backup-machine.
ontape -s -L 0
on that tape shows no errors, but when i try to restore on the backup-machine
ontape -r quits with

>function read archive backup failed code -2 errno 0

onconfig is same on both machines, except for values of TAPEDEV

anybody who understands me and my problem??
help!

thnx

atue

Hi,

The structure of on-lines must be equal.
Retore is on the same maquina or another one ?
The tape drives are compatible ?
With the protected tape, test to read it with the commando dd (UNIX).


Gustavo.

Hello Atue!

I know your problem cause we work together here but i can´t reproduce why it happens sometimes at an lv 0 restore. I usually reboot before i execute ontape -r, maybe that´s the point. Who knows help??

Thx in forward