Re: Clarification on Informix Backup on NT ...

"Rajasekaran, Rajesh" <RRajasekaran@forestpharm.com> wrote in message news:<bidci7$qff$1@terabinaries.xmission.com>... > Hello all, > > I would like to clarify some queries related to NT informix backups. In our > Informix NT box, i need to setup the database backups & restores. We have > the VERITAS backupexec agent installed on this box and the Veritas master > server exist on a remote server. > > Questions > -------------- > 1) I was told that there is no Informix NT database agent for Veritas. Does > anyone use ONBAR-VERITAS backup environment on NT environment ? None that I've heard of, though others have wondered also . . . me. > 2) If i perform the normal filesystem backup with VERITAS for the Informix > DB, do i have to perform in offline or online database mode ? In order to preserve referential integrity, backup the chunk files with the Informix instance down. If you prefer to use ontape backups to disk and then back these disk images using Veritas, then the instance can be up while backing-up. > 3) Could anyone post the NT equivalent device path of say /dev/rmt/0 as in > Unix environment ? \\\\.\\Tape0 > 4) How do i specify the TAPEDEV on this box since the storage unit is > attached to the remote master server on NT ? I wonder if the syntax on page 12-6 of the Backup and Restore guide version 9.4 would help? Something like: host_machine_name:tape_device_pathname So if your host was named kyoto, something like: kyoto:\\\\.\\Tape0 > > Thanks > Rajesh Rajasekaran > Informix Database Administrator > Forest Pharmaceuticals Inc. > (314) 493-7073 > rrajasekaran@forestpharm.com > > sending to informix-list Your welcome. Hope this helps. Brice Avila Minneapolis, Minnesota