Veritas NetBackup™ for Informix Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (8.1.2)
  1. Introduction to NetBackup for Informix
    1.  
      Features of NetBackup for Informix
    2.  
      About NetBackup for Informix
    3.  
      About NetBackup for Informix terms
    4.  
      Example NetBackup for Informix configuration
    5.  
      About the Informix ON-bar utility and library
    6.  
      How NetBackup for Informix works
  2. Installing NetBackup for Informix
    1.  
      Planning the installation of NetBackup for Informix
    2.  
      Verifying the operating system and platform compatibility
    3.  
      NetBackup server and client requirements
    4.  
      Informix server software requirements
    5.  
      About the license for NetBackup for Informix
    6.  
      Specifying the Informix home path
    7.  
      Adding new Informix instances
  3. Configuring NetBackup for Informix
    1.  
      About configuring NetBackup for Informix
    2. About configuring a backup policy for Informix
      1.  
        Adding a new NetBackup for Informix policy
      2.  
        About policy attributes
      3.  
        Configuring an application backup schedule
      4.  
        Configuring automatic backup schedules
      5. About schedule properties
        1.  
          NetBackup for Informix backup types
        2.  
          Example application backup schedule
        3.  
          Example automatic backup schedule
      6.  
        Adding clients to a policy
      7.  
        Adding NetBackup for Informix scripts to the backup selections list
      8.  
        Rules for NetBackup for Informix scripts
      9.  
        Configuring a Standard policy for backup of the $INFORMIXDIR/etc files
    3. About NetBackup for Informix scripts
      1.  
        Modifying NetBackup for Informix scripts
      2.  
        About NetBackup for Informix environment variables
    4.  
      Configuring an additional bp.conf file
    5.  
      About permissions for NetBackup for Informix log files
    6.  
      Reviewing the auto-discovered mappings in Host Management
    7.  
      Configuring the Maximum jobs per client
    8.  
      Performing a manual backup
  4. Performing backups and restores of Informix
    1.  
      About using NetBackup for Informix
    2.  
      About Informix ON-Bar backup types
    3.  
      Example Informix backup strategy
    4.  
      Automatic backup policy for Informix
    5.  
      Manual backup policy for Informix
    6.  
      Using the onbar command to perform a user-directed backup
    7.  
      About browsing Informix backups
    8.  
      Restoring files to the original client
    9.  
      Redirecting an Informix restore to a different client
    10.  
      Example restore of an Informix database
  5. Troubleshooting
    1.  
      Verifying the NetBackup for Informix configuration
    2.  
      Verifying NetBackup for Informix log files
    3.  
      Enabling the debug logs manually
    4. About the NetBackup for Informix log files
      1.  
        About the bphdb directory on the database client
      2.  
        About the infxbsa directory on the database client
    5.  
      About NetBackup server reports
    6.  
      Setting the debug level
    7.  
      Minimizing timeout failures on large database restores
    8.  
      Minimizing the loading and unloading of tapes for database backups
    9.  
      Deleting expired backups from the Informix backup database
    10.  
      Delays in completion of backup jobs
  6. Appendix A. Register authorized locations
    1.  
      Registering authorized locations used by a NetBackup database script-based policy

About NetBackup for Informix environment variables

When a schedule runs, NetBackup sets environment variables for the local shell scripts to use when it performs the backup. The echo lines are used to show what Informix environment variables are available.

You can use the Informix environment variables in the following lists to perform conditional functions inside the scripts. These variables are local to the Informix shell script.

NetBackup sets the following variables:

INFXBSA FULL

Set to 1 if this backup is a full backup (Automatic Full Backup).

INFXBSA_INCR

Set to 1 if this backup is an incremental backup (Automatic Incremental Backup).

INFXBSA_SCHEDULED

Set to 1 if this backup is a scheduled backup (Automatic Full Backup or Automatic Incremental Backup).

INFXBSA_USER_INITIATED

Set to 1 if this backup is a user-initiated backup (Application Backup backup).

The Informix user can set the following variables either in the script or manually from the command line in the same environment from which onbar is issued:

INFXBSA_SERVER

Name of the NetBackup server.

INFXBSA_LOGICAL_POLICY

Name of the policy to be used for a logical logs backup. If this variable is set, NetBackup backs up the logical logs with this policy.

INFXBSA_LOGICAL_SCHED

Name of the schedule to be used for a logical logs backup. If this variable is set, NetBackup distinguishes and backs up logical logs with this schedule.

INFXBSA_POLICY

Name of the Informix-ON-Bar policy. If this variable is set, NetBackup backs up Informix databases with this policy.

INFXBSA_SCHED

Name of the Application Backup schedule. If this variable is set, NetBackup backs up Informix databases with this schedule.

INFXBSA_KEYWORD

The keyword phrase you want to associate with a backup image.