CA Technologies Agent for IBM R12.5 - Manual (Page 19)

Chapter 3: Using the Agent
You can use the Agent for IBM Informix to back up IDS objects such as
dbspaces, blobspaces, and logical logs. Command line options associated with
the ON-Bar utility are also available.
For more information about using ON-Bar, see the Informix ON-Bar
documentation.
This section contains the following topics:
Recommendations for Backing Up IDS Database (see page 19)
Back Up an IDS Database (see page 20)
Unsupported Backup Functions (see page 26)
Recommendations for Restoring an IDS Database (see page 27)
Restore an IDS Database (see page 28)
Media Rotation Precautions (see page 31)
Unsupported Restore Functions (see page 31)
Perform Disaster Recovery (see page 32)
Verify IDS Status (see page 33)
Recommendations for Backing Up IDS Database
When you submit a job from the Backup Manager, CA ARCserve Backup
validates the jobs in the queue. The agent then converts the job requests to
ON-Bar commands, which appear in the Activity Log for this agent.
To ensure a complete restore operation based on your organization’s defined
backup schedule, we recommend the following:
■ Periodically stop IDS services and perform a full offline backup (regular file
backup) of the IDS configuration and data files, without the agent. This
ensures that restores will be successful if dbspaces or blobspaces are lost.
Before starting the backup job, stop all IDS services using the Services
feature of the Control Panel.
■ Back up dbspaces or blobspaces immediately after you create them, and
maintain a regular backup schedule to ensure smooth recovery in case of
dbspace or media failure. CA ARCserve Backup lets you set and maintain a
regular schedule of automatic backups.
■ IDS reuses logical logs. To conserve disk space, IDS limits log size and
quantity. When these logs are full, you must back them up to free them
for reuse.
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