RE: ONBAR
You will NOT get OnBar working with only the Backup Guide, it works with
a Storage Manager such as Legato, HP Omniback, ADSM from IBM, every
storage manager hast its own procedures, they don=B4t have standard=20
configurations, but all of them keep the same principle:
Administrative Tasks
Scheduling
Backup/Restore
The OnBar is just the utility Informix provides to communicate with =
those
Storage Managers, using the X/OPEN API (XBSA Interface), the API is
available for "C" languagge, so you can write your own OnBar, but =
anyway,
OnBar is very simple to use, because the JOB actually is being executed
by the Storage Manager. Oh, I almost forgot, Yes David Williams, you=20
are right!, Informix ships a little storage manager to use for the =
Windows NT
platform, which still uses the XBSA Interface to communicate with the
onbar utility, but as long as it is from Informix, it is a simple =
storage manager
that uses the same ONCONFIG file where you can define the devices.
I really think that Informix should ship the little storage manager for =
the Unix=20
version, because there are many people that will not afford any Storage =
Manager available and certified by Informix Software, Inc.
If you are using Solaris 2.5.x, and if you have the CD Solstice Backup, =
then
you should download the Informix Business Suite from Legato.
Regards,
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From: David Williams[SMTP:djw@smooth1.demon.co.uk]
Sent: Mi=E9rcoles 26 de Marzo de 1997 06:44 PM
To: informix-list@rmy.emory.edu
Subject: Re: ONBAR
In article <3338298B.5B9C@boat.bt.com>, John Hitchinson
<hitchij2@boat.bt.com> writes
>Dear All,
>
>Has anyone got this product working successfully using only the=20
>information supplied in the backup and restore manual?
> The manual states the required syntax to perform backups of dbspaces=20
>blobspaces, logical logs...however it isn't clear how to specify the=20
>destination for these backups. eg..how would we instruct ONBAR to =
backup=20
>to a third party storage management device? or how do we tell it to=20
>backup to a local tape device?
>ONCONFIG values LTAPEDEV and TAPEDEV are not mentioned in the=20
>aforementioned manual...so I presume they are not used by ONBAR.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>John Hitchinson
>Open Systems DBA
>British Telecom
I believe that they are at least the OWS for NT backup guide mentions
that OnBar uses them.
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David Williams