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Is (Online) BACKUP/IGNORE=INTERLOCK safe?

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The Question is:

 
I made an image backup from our systemdisk.
with the following command.
backup/init/image/ignore=inter sys$sysdevice: mka400:sysdsk_mv4100.bck-
/sav/log/verify.
I did not make a standalone backup.
The next day fieldservice swapped the disk.
And I restored the safeset.
How reliable is my system now??

The Answer is :

 
  Unknown.  Sorry.
 
  You will PROBABLY not encounter any problems more serious than a bad
  powerfailure or system crash, but BACKUP/IGNORE=INTERLOCK can and should
  be viewed as allowing any and all data inconsistencies.  Files that were
  open -- the queue manager, the authorization database, application database
  files, anything looking to use an interlock to ensure consistency -- may or
  may not be in a consistent state.
 
  Please see other discussions here, such as "Implications of Online BACKUPs?".
 

  
     
     answer written or last revised on ( 17-AUG-1999 )
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