Re: onbar question

Hi Dirk Try this: ln -s $INFORMIXDIR/lib/libbsa.a /usr/lib/ibsad001.a (extension .a for AIX, .so for Solaris and .sl for HP-UX) libbsa.sl (XBSA libraries) comes along with IDS 7.3, else you have to buy a third-part product: Legato, Omniback,... You can read release notes in $INFORMIXDIR/release/en_us/0333/IDS_7.3: ... 13. On-Bar is supported. Some of the functions called by ON-Bar are in a shared library supplied by third party storage management vendors. For ON-Bar to access the functions, the library has to be installed in one of the three ways noted below. 1. Rename the library to /usr/lib/ibsad001.sl. 2. Create /usr/lib/ibsad001.sl as a symbolic link to the library. 3. Set the BAR_BSALIB_PATH paramter in $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG to the full pathname of the library. ... David *********************************************************** David Andrieu System Manager & Database Administrator Tel +33 04 4253-6143 ATMEL-ES2 Fax +33 04 4253-6666 ZI de Rousset Email: dandrieu@es2.fr 13106 Rousset Cedex Intranet: http://www-es2/~dandrieu France *********************************************************** Hi sanjeev, I have installed my IDS 7.30.UC3-1 on HPUX 10.20 with installserver. But I have the same problem like Jacque Istok. Is there a special installation-process ? Dirk Niemeier sanjeev sagar schrieb: > Informix 7.30 comes with inbuilt ISM. Related to your > missing library, these shared library get linked > automatically when you run installserver script. > > If you are using 3rd party SM then at the time of > configuartion it should be able to use this shared > library or it should give you some environment > variable like LD_LIBRARY_PATH. > > I am currently working with ALEXANDRIA SM with > INFORMIX 7.30 and on-bar is working perfectly. I > faced problem of hanging only if SM is not responding > well with On-Bar or the drives are not working fine. > > On-Bar is recommended only if you DB size is greater > than 2GB. if you are dealing less than this, then you > can survive with ontape. > > Related to your unattended backup to disk, check > iiug.org site, you would be able to get the idea. > > Sanjeev > > ---Jacque Istok <istokj@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > I'm trying to get the "onbar" backup/restore > utility for Informix to > > > work. > > > > > > According to the /tmp/bar_act.log file, we're > missing the "ibsad001.so" > > > library. Is this library part of the regular > distribution of Informix > > > On-line > > > Dynamic Server v7.22UC2? > > > > > > > I'm looking at creating unattended backups to a > hard disk. If anybody > > > has > > > any suggestions or alternatives to ontape or > onbar, I'd be glad to get > > > some > > > input. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com