Veritas NetBackup™ for Informix Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (8.0)
  1. Introduction to NetBackup for Informix
    1.  
      Features of NetBackup for Informix
    2.  
      About NetBackup for Informix
    3.  
      About NetBackup for Informix terms
    4.  
      Example NetBackup for Informix configuration
    5.  
      About the Informix ON-bar utility and library
    6.  
      How NetBackup for Informix works
    7.  
      NetBackup documentation
  2. Installing NetBackup for Informix
    1.  
      Planning the installation of NetBackup for Informix
    2.  
      Verifying the operating system and platform compatibilityVerifying the operating system and platform compatibility for NetBackup for Informix
    3.  
      NetBackup server and client requirements for NetBackup for Informix
    4.  
      Informix server software requirements for NetBackup for Informix
    5.  
      About the license for NetBackup for Informix
    6.  
      Specifying the Informix home path
    7.  
      Adding new Informix instances
  3. Configuring NetBackup for Informix
    1.  
      About configuring NetBackup for Informix
    2. About configuring a backup policy for an Informix database
      1.  
        Adding a new NetBackup for Informix policy
      2.  
        About policy attributes for NetBackup for Informix
      3. About adding schedules to a NetBackup for Informix policy
        1.  
          Configuring an application backup schedule (NetBackup for Informix)
        2.  
          Example application backup schedule (NetBackup for Informix)
        3.  
          Configuring automatic backup schedules (NetBackup for Informix)
        4.  
          Example automatic backup schedule (NetBackup for Informix)
        5.  
          NetBackup for Informix backup types
        6.  
          About schedule properties (NetBackup for Informix)
      4.  
        Adding clients to a policy (NetBackup for Informix)
      5. About backup selections for an Informix client
        1.  
          About NetBackup for Informix scripts rules
        2.  
          Adding NetBackup for Informix scripts to the backup selections list
      6.  
        Configuring a Standard policy
    3. About NetBackup for Informix scripts
      1.  
        Modifying NetBackup for Informix scripts
      2.  
        About NetBackup for Informix environment variables
    4.  
      Configuring an additional bp.conf file
    5.  
      About permissions for NetBackup for Informix log files
    6.  
      Configuring the Maximum jobs per client (NetBackup for Informix)
    7.  
      Performing a manual backup (NetBackup for Informix)
  4. Performing backups and restores of Informix
    1.  
      About using NetBackup for Informix
    2.  
      About Informix ON-Bar backup types
    3.  
      Example Informix backup strategy
    4.  
      Automatic backup policy for Informix
    5.  
      Manual backup policy for Informix
    6.  
      Using the onbar command to perform a user-directed backup
    7.  
      About browsing Informix backups
    8.  
      Restoring files to the original client
    9.  
      Redirecting an Informix restore to a different client
    10.  
      Example of procedure for restoring an Informix database
  5. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      Verifying the NetBackup for Informix configuration
    2.  
      Verifying NetBackup for Informix log files
    3.  
      Enabling the debug logs manually (NetBackup for Informix)
    4. About the NetBackup for Informix log files
      1.  
        About the bphdb directory on the database client (NetBackup for Informix)
      2.  
        About the infxbsa directory on the database client (NetBackup for Informix)
    5.  
      About NetBackup server reports
    6.  
      About Informix ON-Bar utility logs
    7.  
      Setting the debug level (NetBackup for Informix)
    8.  
      Minimizing timeout failures on large database restores
    9.  
      Minimizing the loading and unloading of tapes for database backups
    10. About deleting expired backups from the Informix backup database
      1.  
        Informix versions XPS 8.x and IDS 9.x
      2.  
        Informix version IDS 7.x
    11.  
      Delays in completion of backup jobs

Configuring an additional bp.conf file

The administrator can add options to the NetBackup bp.conf file on the NetBackup master server. The administrator can create an additional bp.conf file in the home directory of the Informix user's account used for the backup or restore.

Before you use NetBackup for Informix, you can create a bp.conf file in the home directory of the Informix user's account used for the backup on the NetBackup client. The path to this directory can be equal to the value of the $INFORMIXDIR variable.

For example, if the home directory is /informix, the path is as follows:

/informix/bp.conf

After you create a bp.conf file in the Informix home directory, add the following options to the file and replace the italicized text with the information that pertains to the client:

BPBACKUP_POLICY=informix_policy
BPBACKUP_SCHED=informix_sched
SERVER=server_name
CLIENT_READ_TIMEOUT=1800

The variables are as follows:

informix policy

The name of the Informix-ON-Bar policy that was configured in the backup policy.

informix_sched

The schedule name for the informix_policy. By default, it is Default-Application-Backup.

server_name

The name of the NetBackup master server.

NetBackup uses the bp.conf file in the Informix user's home directory only for backups and restores initiated by this Informix user.

More Information

About configuring a backup policy for an Informix database

About NetBackup for Informix terms

Configuring a Standard policy

Performing a manual backup (NetBackup for Informix)