Guia de restauracion y respaldo para informix 7.3

Backup and Restore Guide
for Informix Dynamic Server
® TM

Informix Dynamic Server Informix Dynamic Server, Developer Edition Informix Dynamic Server, Workgroup Edition

Version 7.3 February 1998 Part No. 000-4346

Published by INFORMIX® Press

Informix Software, Inc. 4100 Bohannon Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025-1032

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ii Backup and Restore Guide for Informix Dynamic Server

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

IntroductionAbout This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Types of Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Software Dependencies . . . . . . . . . . . Assumptions About Your Locale. . . . . . . . Demonstration Database . . . . . . . . . . New Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Documentation Conventions . . . . . . . . . . Typographical Conventions . . . . . . . . . Icon Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . .Command-Line Conventions . . . . . . . . . Additional Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . On-Line Manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printed Manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . On-Line Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Error Message Files . . . . . . . . . . . . Documentation Notes, Release Notes, Machine Notes Related Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . Compliance with Industry Standards . . . . . . .Informix Welcomes Your Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 7 8 10 13 13 13 14 14 14 16 17 17

Chapter 1

The ON-Bar Backup and Restore System
What Is ON-Bar? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The ON-Bar Utility Suite . . . . . . . . . . .Database Server and Storage Manager Communication . Informix Storage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . Third-Party Storage Managers . . . . . . . . . The XBSA Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . The ON-Bar Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Emergency Boot File . . . . . . . . . . . The ON-Bar Activity Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1-6 1-6 1-6 1-7 1-81-8 1-9 1-9

What Is an ON-Bar Backup? . . . . . . . . . . What Storage Spaces Does ON-Bar Back Up? . . . What Else Needs to be Backed Up? . . . . . . What Is a Whole System Backup? . . . . . . . What Is a Storage-Space Backup? . . . . . . . What Is a Logical-Log Backup? . . . . . . . . What Is an ON-Bar Restore? . . . . . . . . . . What is a Physical Restore? . . . . . . . . . What is aLogical Restore? . . . . . . . . . When Should You Perform a Whole-System or Storage-Space Restore? . . . . . . . Importing a Restore on a Different Database Server . Setting the Server Mode for a Restore . . . . . . Restoring to a Point in Time . . . . . . . . . Performing a Mixed Restore . . . . . . . . . What is a Restartable Restore? . . . . . . . . What is an External Backup or Restore? . . . ....