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

About Informix ON-Bar backup types

The Informix ON-Bar utility supports different types of backups.

Table: Informix ON-Bar backup types describes each backup type.

Table: Informix ON-Bar backup types

Backup type

Description

Level 0 backup (Full)

An Informix level 0 backup is a full backup. It includes all the records in the selected dbspaces and is the only type of backup that allows a complete restore without performing any recovery steps.

Level 1 backup (Incremental)

An Informix level 1 backup is an incremental backup. It backs up the records that changed since the last level 0 backup in the selected dbspaces.

Level 2 backup

An Informix level 2 backup backs up the records that changed since the last Level 1 Backup in the selected dbspaces. NetBackup does not support this type of backup with an equivalent automatic schedule. To perform level 2 backups write a script and by keep track of the previous backup type with the ON-Bar script.

Logical-log backup

An Informix logical-log backup backs up the filled logical logs. By using the Informix ALARMPROGRAM configuration option, these backups can be started on demand when the logical logs fill.

For more information, see your Informix documentation.

More Information

About the Informix ON-bar utility and library

About NetBackup for Informix terms