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onbar without storage manager?

Posted in 2006

Topics: Backup & Restore, Storage & Space Management

Desmodromic — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Can I use onbar to backup an Informix instance without using a storage manager? The Informix instance uses raw device for dbspaces. What I want to do is use onbar to backup the raw devices to regular UNIX files and then back these files up to tape. The reason being is that a third party is supplying the backup solution using Veritas NetBackup but they do not have the Informix agent for NetBackup.

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Neil Truby — — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"Desmodromic" <davies_ms@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:1159486263.109693.196160@c28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > Can I use onbar to backup an Informix instance without using a storage > manager? The Informix instance uses raw device for dbspaces. What I > want to do is use onbar to backup the raw devices to regular UNIX files > and then back these files up to tape. The reason being is that a third > party is supplying the backup solution using Veritas NetBackup but they > do not have the Informix agent for NetBackup. Informix has a storafe manager integrate within ("Informix Storage Manager") which can be used for this. Or, depending upon your version, use ontape and a bit of scripting. There are probably some examples in the software section at www.iiug.org.

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