good old informix Larry. I worked with informix for 7 years as tech. support eng before the ibm accusition. thanks for remembering nice tool ontape . regards, tolga ________________________________ From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Larry D Sorensen Sent: Wed 1/3/2007 1:17 AM To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Oracle That returns me to my question, when Oracle asks me to mount a tape device for use as a backup device, what does it mean? There has to be someone out there using a tape device to back up Oracle databases. With Informix, I can just give it the regular tape device and it knows what to do. (/dev/st0) On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 15:55:26 -0700 "Serge Dubrouski" <sergeyfd@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I'm afraid tapes don't have block device files at all because they > are > character (data is read sequentially byte by byte) devices by > definition of a tape. There is no way to mount a tape like a hard > drive. > > On 1/2/07, Larry D Sorensen <larry.sorensen@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > That sounds logical, but /dev/st0 is not a block device. 'mount' > is > > looking for a block device to mount. > > > > On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:33:38 -0600 Robert Canary > <rwcanary@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > writes: > > > I guess you would mount it the same way you would any other > device > > > > > > > mount -t <fstype> </dev/xxx> <mount directory> > > > > > > Larry D Sorensen wrote: > > > > > > > I know that this is not the forum for Oracle, but I have a > simple > > > > question. I am fairly new to Oracle. I am told that to do a > tape > > > backup > > > > of a database, I have to mount a tape drive. I have never had > to > > > mount a > > > > tape drive before. What is involved in mounting a tape drive > for > > > use by > > > > Oracle backup (rman)? > > > > > > > > Larry > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > redhat-list mailing list > > > unsubscribe > > > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Bu e-posta mesaji kisiye ozel olup, gizli bilgiler iceriyor olabilir. Eger bu e-posta mesaji size yanlislikla ulasmissa, icerigini hic bir sekilde kullanmayiniz ve ekli dosyalari acmayiniz. Bu durumda lutfen e-posta mesajini kullaniciya hemen geri gonderiniz ve tum kopyalarini mesaj kutunuzdan siliniz. Bu e-posta mesaji, hic bir sekilde, herhangi bir amac icin cogaltilamaz, yayinlanamaz ve para karsiligi satilamaz. Bu e-posta mesaji viruslere karsi anti-virus sistemleri tarafindan taranmistir. Ancak yollayici, bu e-posta mesajinin - virus koruma sistemleri ile kontrol ediliyor olsa bile - virus icermedigini garanti etmez ve meydana gelebilecek zararlardan dogacak hicbir sorumlulugu kabul etmez. This message is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed , and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or you receive this mail in error, you should refrain from making any use of the contents and from opening any attachment. In that case, please notify the sender immediately and return the message to the sender, then, delete and destroy all copies. This e-mail message, can not be copied, published or sold for any reason. This e-mail message has been swept by anti-virus systems for the presence of computer viruses. In doing so, however, sender cannot warrant that virus or other forms of data corruption may not be present and do not take any responsibility in any occurrence. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjecthttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
