NetBackup™ for Informix Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (10.5)
  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.  
        Adding a NetBackup for Informix policy
      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.  
      Enabling the debug logs manually
    4. About the NetBackup for Informix log files
      1.  
        About the bphdb directory on the database client
      2.  
        About the infxbsa directory on the database client
    5.  
      Setting the debug level
    6.  
      Minimizing timeout failures on large database restores
    7.  
      Minimizing the loading and unloading of tapes for database backups
    8.  
      Deleting 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

Adding NetBackup for Informix scripts to the backup selections list

The backup selections list in a database policy is different from the list in non-database policies. For example, in a Standard or MS-Windows policy, the list contains files and directories to be backed up. In a database policy, you specify scripts to be run.

Add scripts to the backup selections list only if you want to create a policy for automatic backups. In that case, add the scripts to a policy that has automatic backup schedules. NetBackup runs the scripts in the order that the scripts appear in the backup selections list.

To add scripts to the backup selections list

  1. Ensure that the script resides on the client.

  2. Open the policy and click the Backup Selections tab.
  3. Click Add.
  4. In the Pathname or directive box, type the full path name of a script on the client.

    For example:

    /usr/openv/netbackup/ext/db_ext/backup.sh
  5. Click Add.
Browse for scripts to add to the backup selections list (Windows)

On Windows you browse for a script that is located on a client and add that script to the backup selections list.

To browse for scripts to add to the backup selections list (Windows)

  1. Ensure that the script resides on the client.

  2. Open the policy and click the Backup Selections tab.
  3. Click Add.
  4. Enter the name or full path to the script.
  5. Click Add.

More Information

Registering authorized locations used by a NetBackup database script-based policy

Registering authorized locations used by a NetBackup database script-based policy