IBM Informix Backup and Restore Guide

IBM Informix Extended Parallel Server, Version 8.4 IBM Informix Dynamic Server, Version 9.4

March 2003 Part No. CT1SLNA

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Introduction
In This Introduction ................. 3 About This Manual.................. 3 Types of Users .................. 3 Software Dependencies ............... 4 Assumptions About Your Locale............ 4 Demonstration Database .............. 5 New Features in Dynamic Server, Version 9.4 ........ 6 Features from Dynamic Server 9.3 ........... 6 Features from Dynamic Server 9.21 ........... 7 Organizational Changes to This Manual Since Version 9.2 . . . 7 New Features in Extended Parallel Server .......... 8 Documentation Conventions .............. 8 Typographical Conventions ............. 8 Icon Conventions ................. 9 Command-Line Conventions ............. 10 Additional Documentation ............... 13 Related Reading ................... 15 Compliance with Industry Standards ........... 16 IBM Welcomes Your Comments ............. 16

Chapter 3 I Configuring the Storage Manager ON-Bar Section Introducing Backup andand Restore
In This Chapter .................. 3-3 Configuring a Storage Manager ............ 3-3 1 Introducing Backup and Restore Installing and Configuring a Third-Party Chapter Storage Manager . . 3-3 In This Chapter................... Configuring ISM ................ 1-3 3-4 What Is a the Updating Recovery sm_versions System? File .............. ........... 3-5 1-3 Configuring Multiple Storage 1-4 Managers on Coserver Nodes . 3-6 What Is a Backup? ................ What Is a Logical-Log Backup? ............ 1-5 Configuring ON-Bar ................ 3-7 What Is a Restore? ................ 1-8 Creating the bargroup Group ............ 3-7 Comparing Updating the ON-Bar onbar Script and ontape ............. ............. 3-8 1-12 Planning Setting ISM a Recovery Environment Strategy Variables .............. and1-14 ONCONFIG Parameters 3-9 Specifying the of the Occur? XBSA Library....... What Types of Location Data Loss Can .......... 1-14 3-9 How Severe is the Failure? ............. 1-15 Using ON-Bar Configuration Parameters ......... 3-11 How Do You Use Your Data? ............ 1-16 Using ON-Bar Configuration Parameters on Dynamic Server . 3-11 Scheduling Backups ................ 1-17 Using ON-Bar Configuration Parameters on Planning Extended a Backup Parallel System Server for a.......... Production 3-12 Database Server . . . 1-18 Evaluating Hardware and Memory Resources....... 1-18 Before You Make a Test Backup ............. 3-19 Evaluating Backup and Restore .......... 1-18 ...... 3-20 Choosing Storage Managers andTime Storage Devices Evaluating Logging and Transaction Activity ....... 1-20 Features That ISM Supports ............ 3-20 Features That ISM Does Not Support ......... 3-21 Storage Device Requirements ............ 3-22 Considerations for Extended Parallel Server ....... 3-23

Section II The ON-Bar Backup and Restore System

In This Chapter .................. 4-3 In This of Syntax Chapter................... ON-Bar Commands 2-3 ............. 4-4 Where to Find Preparing for a Information Backup ............... on ON-Bar 4-5 and ISM ....... 2-4 ON-Bar for Dynamic Server .............. 2-6 4-5 What Data Does ON-Bar Back Up? .......... ON-Bar for Extended Parallel Server ........... 2-9 Which Administrative Files to Back Up? ........ 4-6 Installing and Configuring a Storage Manager ...... 4-7 . . . 2-9 Database Server and Storage-Manager Communication What Is Scheduler a Whole-System Backup? Backup ................ 2-10 .......... 4-7 What Is a Standard Backup?............ 4-7 ON-Bar Utilities .................. 2-12 WhatInformix Is a Physical Backup? ............. 4-72-13 IBM Storage Manager ............ Choosing a Backup ............. 4-8 2-13 Third-Party Storage Level Managers ............ Collecting Information About Your The XBSA Interface ................ 2-14System Before a Backup . 4-9

Chapter 4 Backing Up with ON-Bar Chapter 2 The ON-Bar Backup and Restore System

The ON-Bar Tables ................ 2-15 Backing Up Storage Spaces and Logical Logs ........ 4-10 The Emergency Boot Files .............. 2-15 Backup Syntax................. The ON-Bar Activity Log 4-11 .............. 2-17 Backing Up After Changing the Physical Schema ..... 4-13 Using ISM During a Backup ............ 4-14

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