Backup and restore

The backup and restore guides contain information about backing up and restoring data and managing storage devices and media. The backup and restore guides contain information about backing up and restoring data, managing storage devices and media, and using the HCL Informix® Optical Subsystem to store large objects.

External resources

• Knowledge Collection: Informix® Backup and Restore Utilities (Support document) This document helps you find the available resources that are related to backing up and restoring data with Informix® products.
• Using Optim™ with Informix® Dynamic Server, Part 1: Configure Informix® Dynamic Server to work together with Optim™ Solutions (IBM® developerWorks®) This tutorial describes how to use IBM® Optim™ Solutions to segregate older data and maintain it in such a way that it is easily accessible for reporting or strategic decision making. In part 2 of this tutorial, follow scenarios to understand how you can use Optim™ to mask archived data and maintain privacy.
• Data archiving with Informix® Dynamic Server table-level restore (IBM® developerWorks®) This article describes the most common options for archiving your HCL Informix® data. It describes techniques to retrieve your data from a backup and store the data in an independent format, which is preserved against future changes in your environment.

Main resources