Date: 07/07
Affected NV Version: 7.4x
OS Version: All
Plugin version: N/A
Application version: Informix 7.x, 9.x, 10.0
Description:
Informix Backup job fails with Error "ON-Bar returned code 156"
Symptoms:
Backup or restore was not performed because the LTAPEDEV
parameter value is not valid.
If LTAPEDEV is not set or set to /dev/null on UNIX, or if it is
\dev\nul or NUL on Windows, the logical logs are not backed
up. This is the Informix equivalent to running an Oracle database
in NOARCHIVELOG mode.
Manually edit the onconfig file for appropriate changes to
the TAPEDEV and LTAPEDEV configuration values and restart the instance
Variables to verify in the $ONCONFIG file
TAPEDEV
Device to which archives (backups) are sent
TAPEBLK
Block size of tape device in kilobytes
TAPESIZE
Size of tape in kilobytes
LTAPEDEV
Device to which logical log backups are sent
LTAPEBLK
Block size of log device in kilobytes
LTAPESIZE
Specifies the tape device for logical log backups.
TAPEDEV and LTAPEDEV should be set using the symbolic link
name assigned to the physical devices. These values usually
are set once, and should be changed only if your configuration
changes.
