I do not claim to have any knowledge of Informix but the behaviour you describe suggests that you use a backup schema of a full backup every 8 days and incrementals/differentials on the other 7 days.
Just guessing... Regards, Alexander ------------------------------------------------------------ Alexander Verkooijen Senior Systems Programmer High Performance Computing SARA Computing & Networking Services > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Bell, Charles (Chip) > Sent: maandag 17 april 2006 16:45 > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Slow Informix backups every 8 days? > > Client OS AIX 4.3.3 > > Informix Dynamic Server Version 7.31.UD4 > > TDP for Informix v4.1.3 TSM v5.1.5 > > > > Why would the client back up in a way that is considered normal (45 > mins. to 1 hr), but every 8th day take well over 3 hrs? Has > anyone seen > this happen every 'x'th day at their site? > > > > God bless you!!! > > Chip Bell > Network Engineer I > IBM Tivoli Certified Deployment Professional (ITSM 5.2) > Baptist Health System > Birmingham, AL > Office (205) 715-5106 > Pager (205) 817-0357 > Home (256) 739-0947 > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > Confidentiality Notice: > The information contained in this email message is privileged and > confidential information and intended only for the use of the > individual or entity named in the address. If you are not the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution, or copying of this information is strictly > prohibited. If you received this information in error, please > notify the sender and delete this information from your computer > and retain no copies of any of this information. > >