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Recommendations for Restoring an IDS Database
Recommendations for Restoring an IDS Database
Before restoring IDS logical logs, dbspaces, and blobspaces, you must note the
following:
■ Restores always consist of the complete backed-up set of data. You cannot
restore these objects individually unless they are damaged; to restore
damaged dbspaces and blobspaces, you must perform a disaster recovery
restore.
■ When performing disaster recovery, you may need to restore critical IDS
files located in the \etc directory, under the Informix home directory.
Important! Be cautious with this procedure; restoring critical files
overwrites the current files. To determine when you should restore the
critical boot files, see the IBM Informix documentation.
■ If you are executing a full restore, shut down all IDS services before
starting the restore operation.
■ The Restore by Tree view is the supported format.
■ If you are restoring an Informix instance with the Last Logical Log option
selected, ensure that you assign a correct value to the restore job and
save it in the emergency boot file.
■ A restore job will fail if you attempt to restore multiple Informix instances
on the same media because CA ARCserve Backup cannot restore the
instances sequentially. To restore multiple Informix instances, restore
them individually by submitting a new job for each instance, after the
previous instance has been successfully restored.
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