In addition to administering the database server, you can tune performance, replicate data, and archive data.
The Informix® Backup and Restore Guide describes how to use the Informix ON-Bar and ontape utilities to back up and restore database server data. These utilities enable you to recover your databases after data is lost or becomes corrupted due to hardware or software failure or accident.
These topics contain concepts, procedures, and reference information for database and database server administrators to use for managing and tuning HCL Informix® database servers.
These topics provide an overview of backup and restore concepts. They also provide information about planning for backup and restore operations.
These topics provide information about Integrated Backup Encryption.
The Informix® Primary Storage Manager manages storage for ON-Bar backup and restore operations, including parallel backups, that use file devices (disks).
These topics provide information about storing and retrieving the backups directly to the ecosystem of selected cloud providers, namely Amazon S3 and Softlayer Object Storage.
This appendix lists some error and informational messages that you can receive during a backup or restore, describes under what circumstances the errors might occur or the message might appear, and provides possible solutions or workarounds.
Before you upgrade to a new version of the database server, you must perform a complete backup.
If you upgrade a third-party storage manager vendors, do not remove the old storage manager until you verify that the new storage manager works for both backup and restore operations.
If you change storage manager vendors, do not remove the old storage manager until you have proof that the new storage manager works for both backup and restore operations. You can use the old storage manager as a backup storage manager to use in case the new storage manager does not meet your needs.
You cannot back up data with ontape and restore it with ON-Bar, or conversely because the data storage formats and backup capabilities are different. However, you can back up data with ontape, prepare to use ON-Bar, and then back up with ON-Bar.
This appendix contains information about using Global Language Support (GLS) with ON-Bar.
The HCL® Informix® Enterprise Replication Guide describes the concepts of data replication using Informix Enterprise Replication, including how to design your replication system, as well as administer and manage data replication throughout your enterprise.