NetBackup™ for Informix Administrator's Guide
- Introduction to NetBackup for Informix
- Installing NetBackup for Informix
- Configuring NetBackup for Informix
- About configuring NetBackup for Informix
- About configuring a backup policy for Informix
- Adding a NetBackup for Informix policy
- About policy attributes
- Configure an application backup schedule
- Configure automatic backup schedules
- Schedule properties
- Add clients to a policy
- Adding NetBackup for Informix scripts to the backup selections list
- Rules for NetBackup for Informix scripts
- Configuring a Standard policy for backup of the $INFORMIXDIR/etc files
- About NetBackup for Informix scripts
- Configuring an additional bp.conf file
- About permissions for NetBackup for Informix log files
- Reviewing the auto-discovered mappings
- Configuring the Maximum jobs per client
- Perform a manual backup
- Performing backups and restores of Informix
- About using NetBackup for Informix
- About Informix ON-Bar backup types
- Example Informix backup strategy
- Automatic backup policy for Informix
- Manual backup policy for Informix
- Using the onbar command to perform a user-directed backup
- About browsing Informix backups
- Restoring files to the original client
- Redirecting an Informix restore to a different client
- Example restore of an Informix database
- Troubleshooting
- Verifying the NetBackup for Informix configuration
- Verifying NetBackup for Informix log files
- Enabling the debug logs manually
- About the NetBackup for Informix log files
- Setting the debug level
- Minimizing timeout failures on large database restores
- Minimizing the loading and unloading of tapes for database backups
- Deleting expired backups from the Informix backup database
- Appendix A. Register authorized locations
Features of NetBackup for Informix
Table: NetBackup for Informix features and descriptions shows NetBackup for Informix's main features and introduces some terms that are used in this documentation.
Table: NetBackup for Informix features and descriptions
Feature | Description |
|---|---|
Media and device management | All the devices supported by Media Manager are available to NetBackup for Informix. |
Scheduling facilities | NetBackup scheduling facilities on the primary server can be used to schedule automatic and unattended Informix backups. This feature also lets you choose the times when these operations can occur. For example, to prevent interference with normal daytime operations, you can schedule your database backups to occur only at night. |
Multiplexed backups and restores | NetBackup for Informix lets you take advantage of NetBackup's multiplexing capabilities. Multiplexing directs multiple data streams to one backup device, thereby reducing the time necessary to complete the operation. |
Transparent Informix and regular file system backup and restore operations | All backups and restores run simultaneously and transparently without any action from the NetBackup administrator. The database administrator can run database backup and restore operations through NetBackup. An administrator or any other authorized user can use NetBackup to run database backups and restores. Alternatively, you can use the Informix ON-Bar utility as if NetBackup were not present. |
Sharing the same storage units that are used for other file backups | It is possible to share the same devices and media that is used for other backups or to give Informix exclusive use of certain devices and media. NetBackup for Informix can use Media Manager, disk, and Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) storage units. |
Centralized and networked backup operations | From the NetBackup primary server, you can schedule database backups or start them manually for any client. The Informix databases can also reside on hosts that are different from the devices on which NetBackup stores the backups. |
User interfaces | NetBackup provides the following user interfaces:
A database administrator or NetBackup administrator can start backup or restore operations for Informix from the NetBackup user interface on the primary server. |
Parallel backup and restore operations | NetBackup for Informix supports the parallel backup and restore capabilities of Informix. For example, this permits the user to run more than one tape device at a time for a single Informix backup or restore. This usage can reduce the time necessary to complete the operation. |
Compression | Compression increases backup performance over the network and reduces the size of the backup image that NetBackup writes to the storage unit. |