Re: Informix Parallel Backup Question

On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 12:11:17 +1100, Stefan.Gabriel@nylex.com.au wrote: > >Hi All, > >I have a question for you regarding onbar and backups. I was under the >impression that onbar supported parallel backups/restores to/from multiple >drives. Does the XBSA agent provided by informix for 3rd party backup >vendors also support parallel backups/restores > >I have looked in the backup restore manual and there is no mention of not >supporting this but apparently the vendor has said that it is an inherent >limitation of informix. I wanted to be sure of my facts before replying. > >Any clarification would be much appreciated. > Depends on how you configure onbar and how you execute onbar. Onbar will attempt to backup in parallel unless you execute a 'whole system' backup (much like ontape -s). There is also an onconfig parameter (don't remember exactly which one) which designated a maximum number of backup processes. JWC