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3-60 IBM Informix OnLine Database Server Administrator’s Guide
If an Archive Terminates Prematurely
One Tape Drive
If only one tape device is available to OnLine, you can take either one of two
actions:
■ Leave OnLine processing suspended while the archive completes.
■ Cancel the archive and try again later.
The archive messages display an estimate of how much of the archive is
complete, expressed as a percentage. If the archive is nearly complete, you
might be willing to hold up your users until the archive finishes. The archive
might hang eventually; however, it is impossible to determine ahead of time
if this is the case.
To cancel the archive, press the Interrupt key at the terminal dedicated to the
archive process. By cancelling the archive, you free the tape device so that it
can be used to back up the full logical log files.
If an Archive Terminates Prematurely
If an archive is cancelled or interrupted, there is a slight chance that the
archive progressed to the point where it can be considered complete.
Use DB-Monitor to determine if the archive must be redone. Select the Status
menu, Archive option. The screen display lists all completed archives. If the
archive just terminated is displayed on this screen, the tape output was
completed. Otherwise, you must redo the archive.