backup to disk

I am new for informix and would like to know, how to backup database and archivelog files to DISK rather than tape. Could please somebody tell me what are the paramaters that I would change in onconfig and command to backup to disk Thanks sreeni

Change TAPEDEV /home/informix/level_0_backup #Directory for level 0 backup LTAPEDEV /home/informix/logicallogs_backup #Directory for ogical logs backup and then issue the following command ontape -s -L 0 Hope that helps. "SREENIVASA ...." <samnatla@yahoo.com> wrote: I am new for informix and would like to know, how to backup database and archivelog files to DISK rather than tape. Could please somebody tell me what are the paramaters that I would change in onconfig and command to backup to disk Thanks sreeni Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time.

start here: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/informix/pubs/library/ find the manuals for your database version....for example: "Informix Dynamic Server V9.x" or "Informix Dynamic Server v7.x"... click on your choice... then select the language of your choice... then you will see the set of manuals. You will be looking for something like: "IBM Informix Backup and Restore Guide, Version 9.4 (G251-1240-00) This manual explains the concepts and methods that you need to understand when you use the ON-Bar and ontape utilities to back up and restore data. " This would cover the basic ontape utility for backing up your database as well as the more complex and versatile onbar utility. we use onbar to back up the DB to tape and logical logs to disk. have fun. Norma Jean -----Original Message----- From: ravit29@yahoo.com [mailto:ravit29@yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 4:28 PM To: ids@iiug.org; forum.subscriber@iiug.org Subject: Re: backup to disk [2700] Change TAPEDEV /home/informix/level_0_backup #Directory for level 0 backup LTAPEDEV /home/informix/logicallogs_backup #Directory for ogical logs backup and then issue the following command ontape -s -L 0 Hope that helps. "SREENIVASA ...." <samnatla@yahoo.com> wrote: I am new for informix and would like to know, how to backup database and archivelog files to DISK rather than tape. Could please somebody tell me what are the paramaters that I would change in onconfig and command to backup to disk Thanks sreeni Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. ----------------------------------------- ============================================================ The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reproduction, dissemination or distribution of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Tellabs ============================================================

Hi, You can use several commands like backup strategies, but one of the most simple in binary mode is ONTAPE. In your $ONCONFIG file you can updated to link TAPEDEV to a file tape. =20 =20 For example, if you have this directory /opt/users/informix. There you can execute this command "touch tape0". Here you''re creating a empty file. Then, you have to modify your $ONCONFIG writing obsolute path to this file TAPEDEV /opt/users/informix/tape0 =20 Caution: You cann't use more than 2Gb for file single backup (Check ontape manual). ontape uses TAPESIZE parameter if you don't specify a size.=20 When it reaches 2gb or size specified in $ONCONFIG, ontape will ask you for another tape, so,=20 you must rename actual tape0 and create another empty file tape0 =20 At end I suggest you, read ontape, onbar, dbschema from IDS manuals. And if you can, try informix courses. these are very helpful. Regards! **********************************************************************=20 SUBJECT: backup to disk [2697]=20 URL: <http://www.iiug.org/forums/ids/?rev=3D2697>; http://www.iiug.org/forums/ids/?rev=3D2697=20 AUTHOR: SREENIVASA ....=20 DATE: Friday, 19 March 2004, at 9:12 p.m.=20 I am new for informix and would like to know, how to backup database and archivelog files to DISK rather than tape. Could please somebody tell me what=20 are the paramaters that I would change in onconfig and command to backup to=20 disk=20 Thanks=20 sreeni=20 **********************************************************************=20 =20 ------------------------------------ P. Rafael Padilla Vel=E1zquez DBA & UNIX Mayan Resorts Co. Tel 52 (33) 31220880 ext 135 Fax 52 (33) 31220880 ext 134 ------------------------------------ The information in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice contained in this e-mail are subjects to the terms and conditions in the governing MAYAN RESORTS client engagement letter.=20 La informaci=F3n en este correo electr=F3nico es confidencial y = legalmente puede ser privilegiada. Est=E1 dirigida =FAnicamente al destinatario y = nadie m=E1s est=E1 autorizado a tener acceso a este correo electr=F3nico. Si = usted no es el destinatario a quien est=E1 dirigido, le est=E1 prohibido o = puede ser il=EDcito el copiar, distribuir, o tomar cualquier acci=F3n en = relaci=F3n con el contenido de este correo electr=F3nico. Si este mensaje est=E1 dirigido a uno de nuestros clientes, cualquier opini=F3n o punto de = vista contenido en este correo electr=F3nico, est=E1 sujeto a los t=E9rminos y condiciones expresados en la correspondiente carta propuesta de MAYAN RESORTS. =20

The LTAPEDEV parameter points to a filesystem that resides on disk. -----Original Message----- From: SREENIVASA .... [mailto:samnatla@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 9:13 PM To: ids@iiug.org Subject: backup to disk [2697] I am new for informix and would like to know, how to backup database and archivelog files to DISK rather than tape. Could please somebody tell me what are the paramaters that I would change in onconfig and command to backup to disk Thanks sreeni