TurboSTORE/iX 7x24 brings new features in MPE/iX 5.5 TurboSTORE/iX 7x24 will be released with MPE/iX 5.5. This new version of TurboSTORE brings several new features as well as a "True Online Backup capability." The major new features include: True Online with sync at start of backup True Online with sync at end of backup Store to disc Online Store directory Full and Partial Database STORE/RESTORE Control of log file location. True Online Backup You invoke the True online functionality with the ";ONLINE = START" or ";ONLINE = END" options. TurboSTORE/iX 7x24 will quiesce all TurboImage and all Allbase databases and snapshot all other files on the system. It will do this either at the beginning or the completion of the backup. TurboSTORE has been integrated TurboImage and Allbase/SQL and DBRECOV to ensure database consistency and recoverability. With TurboSTORE/iX 7x24 and DBRECOV you will be able to restore your database and roll forward to the most recent transaction. TurboSTORE/iX 7x24 and DBRECOV relies on explicit transactions and not inferred logical transactions for recovery. Having TurboSTORE/iX 7x24 use an inferred logical transaction at sync point is of little value if DBRECOV cannot roll forward to a logical transaction. Store to disc TurboSTORE/iX 7x24 allows you to specify disc file(s) as the destination. This is done as follows: FILE BACKUP;DEV=DISC STORE @;*BACKUP;SHOW;... or FILE BACKUP1;DEV=DISC FILE BACKUP2;DEV=DISC FILE BACKUP3;DEV=DISC FILE BACKUP4;DEV=DISC STORE @[log in to unmask]@;;STORESET= (*BACKUP1), (*BACKUP2), (*BACKUP3), (*BACKUP4);SHOW If one of the backup files fills up TurboSTORE/iX 7x24 will create (disc space allowing) another file to complete the backup. Online Store directory With the release 5.5 of TurboSTORE you have ability to keep an online store directory. This is the default if you use the ";ONLINE=END" option. Otherwise you can get this using the ";STOREDIRECTORY" option. RESTORE will use this directory to optimize restore performance. You can use the ";LISTDIR" option with RESTORE to see which files are on which backups. Full and Partial Database STORE/RESTORE A common cause of database corruption in the past has been the restoration of part of a database. In the 5.5 release of TurboSTORE options ";FULLDB" and ";PARTIALDB" have been added. When ";FULLDB" (this is the default for a true online backup) is specified, TurboSTORE gets a list of files from the database and stores the entire database. This will include index files if indexing is active. The ";PARTIALDB" option will allow storing/restoring of a single database file. Control of log file location. TurboSTORE/iX 7x24 use disc space to hold change information during an online backup. The default area is to use the disc where the file resides. In release 5.5 TurboSTORE/iX 7x24 allows you to specify a volumeset to place all log files. You do this with the ";LOGVOLSET=..." option. Free trial for 90 days A free trial copy is built into release 5.5 of the MPE/iX operating system. You can activate the trial with the following command : STORE;;DEMOSTORE=START This will start your 90 day free trial. You need not fear for lose of data as the RESTORE which is included in the MPE/iX operating system can restore any TurboSTORE tape. If you decide you do not want to use the trial software, you can disable it with the following command: STORE;;DEMOSTORE=STOP You can switch back and forth if you want. However your 90 days is computed from the first invocation of the "STORE;;DEMOSTORE=START" command.