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NetBackup™ for Informix Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (11.1)
  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
  2. Installing NetBackup for Informix
    1.  
      Planning the installation of NetBackup for Informix
    2.  
      Verifying the operating system and platform compatibility
    3.  
      NetBackup server and client requirements
    4.  
      Informix server software requirements
    5.  
      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 Informix
      1.  
        Add a policy for Informix
      2.  
        About policy attributes
      3.  
        Configure an application backup schedule
      4.  
        Configure automatic backup schedules
      5. Schedule properties
        1.  
          NetBackup for Informix backup types
        2.  
          Example application backup schedule
        3.  
          Example automatic backup schedule
      6.  
        Add clients to a policy
      7.  
        Adding NetBackup for Informix scripts to the backup selections list
      8.  
        Rules for NetBackup for Informix scripts
      9.  
        Configuring a Standard policy for backup of the $INFORMIXDIR/etc files
    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.  
      Reviewing the auto-discovered mappings
    7.  
      Configuring the Maximum jobs per client
    8.  
      Perform a manual backup
  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 restore of an Informix database
  5. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      Verifying the NetBackup for Informix configuration
    2.  
      Verifying NetBackup for Informix log files
    3. NetBackup debug logs and reports
      1.  
        Enable the debug logs manually (Informix)
      2.  
        About the bphdb directory on the database client
      3.  
        About the infxbsa directory on the database client
      4.  
        Set the debug level on a Informix client
    4.  
      Minimize time-out failures on large database restores
    5.  
      Minimize the loading and unloading of tapes for database backups
    6.  
      Delete expired backups from the Informix backup database
  6. Appendix A. Register authorized locations
    1.  
      Registering authorized locations used by a NetBackup database script-based policy

NetBackup debug logs and reports

Debug logs

The NetBackup server and client software let you enable detailed debugging logs. The information in these log files can help you troubleshoot the problems that occur outside of either the database agent or Informix ON-Bar.

Note the following for these logs:

  • These logs do not reveal the errors that occur when Informix ON-Bar is running unless those errors also affect NetBackup. Informix may (or may not) write errors in the application to the NetBackup logs. Your best sources for Informix error information are the logs provided by Informix.

  • Generally, each debug log corresponds to a NetBackup process and executable.

Information about the debugging log files is available in the NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide.

Also refer to the following file:

/usr/openv/netbackup/logs/README.debug file
Reports

NetBackup provides other reports that are useful in isolating problems. One such report is All logs entries on the server. For more information see the NetBackup Web UI Administrator's Guide.