Re: ONBAR backup/restore between two servers

I am running 7.24.UC5 on Solaris 2.6, and I have done this several times, successfully. There are several things to watch for when doing this. * Informix says that the backup must be taken with the "-w" option in order to do this. This procedure works without using the "-w", but doing so will require applying logical logs. Taking the backup with the "-w" option will eliminate the need to apply logical logs (unless you want your restore to be completely current with your backup). * The instance on the target system must have been initialized (using "oninit -i"). Infrastructure (dbspace and chunk names and sizes, logical and physical logs) on the target system must be identical (for all practical purposes) to the source system. That is, dbspaces on the target system must be at least as large as those on the source system. * DBSERVERNAME and DBSERVERALIASES on the two systems need not be the same, but SERVERNUM must be. * The "$INFORMIXDIR/etc/ixbar.servernum" file must be copied from the source system to the target system. This is the file that tells onbar what to restore. * Make sure the storage manager setup on the target system matches its physical configuration. For example, if the source system has two tape drives (one for data backup and one for logical log backup) and the target system has only one drive, don't just copy the storage manager configuration from one system to the other. * Now you are ready to do the restore using "onbar -r". Best of luck. HTH. Milton lsystemsb@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote: > Hi, > > Could anyone comment on the feasibility (and procedure) of restoring an > ONBAR backup (to a file) from one server onto another server. Both servers > are running the same version of the Informix Engine v7.30.tc7 and the same > operating system, Windows NT 4.0.SP4. > > Any advice/experiences would be appreciated. > > David.