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CA ARCserve® Backup for Windows Agent for IBM Informix Guide r12.5

How the Agent for IBM Informix Works Remote Procedure Call Service With Remote Procedure Call (RPC) enabled, the agent operates as a Windows service

How the Agent for IBM Informix Works Chapter 1: Introducing the Agent for IBM Informix 11 Full Offline Backups You should keep at least one recent

Chapter 2: Installing the Agent for IBM Informix This chapter describes how you can install and configure the Agent for IBM Informix. The chapter al

Preinstallation Tasks Preinstallation Tasks Before installing the agent on computers running IDS, modify the Windows environment as described in the

Install the Agent for IBM Informix Install the Agent for IBM Informix The Agent for IBM Informix follows the standard installation procedure for CA A

Post-Installation Tasks Set the IDS ONCONFIG File The installation program updates the ONCONFIG file in the IBM Informixdir\etc directory so that the

Post-Installation Tasks Communication with ON-Bar CA ARCserve Backup lets you configure batch jobs. Using CA ARCserve Backup, you can configure one I

Uninstall the Agent 18 Agent for IBM Informix Guide 3. Enter the requested information in the fields provided for each unique instance of IDS oper

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 lin

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Back Up an IDS Database Before submitting jobs using the Backup Manager, ensure that the following CA ARCserve Backup services are running: – Job

Back Up an IDS Database 3. Click the Source tab if it is not already visible. In the Source view, select the Informix server you want to back up. S

Back Up an IDS Database If you select individual dbspaces or blobspaces, the Informix server is automatically selected. The box to the left of the se

Back Up an IDS Database 4. Right-click the Informix server and choose Backup Agent Options. The Backup Agent Backup Option dialog opens. 5. Spec

Back Up an IDS Database IDS Status: Online CA ARCserve Backup Option: Salvage Logs ON-Bar Option: -s Description: Backs up all logical logs that resi

Back Up an IDS Database 8. Click the Schedule tab and select the scheduling options. You can run the backup job at this point or schedule the job

Unsupported Backup Functions Note: The first job submitted for backup is always a test job, with no actual data. It is used to trigger ON-Bar. If the

Recommendations for Restoring an IDS Database Recommendations for Restoring an IDS Database Before restoring IDS logical logs, dbspaces, and blobspac

Restore an IDS Database Restore an IDS Database You can restore an IDS database including logical logs, dbspaces and blobspaces. To restore an IDS da

Restore an IDS Database 2. On the Source tab, right-click the Informix server. The Restore Options dialog opens. CA ARCserve Backup Option ON-Bar

CA Product References This documentation set references the following CA products: BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup for Laptops and Desktops BrightSto

Restore an IDS Database 7. Verify the user name and password for the computer to which the files are being restored. If the restore session needs to

Media Rotation Precautions When the job is complete, a message appears indicating that the restore was successful. The first restore message results

Perform Disaster Recovery Using session or tape view for dbspace or blobspace restores Specifying Filter options Specifying the following Resto

Verify IDS Status Chapter 3: Using the Agent 33 6. Compare the xbsatape.tbl file in the agent home directory under \tapeinfo. If the agent home di

Appendix A: Troubleshooting The Agent for IBM Informix provides logs for examining backup activities and lets you to modify settings if you encounte

Enable Debug Mode Enable Debug Mode To receive debug information, you must enable the debug mode. You can set the debug mode in the Windows registry

Problems and Solutions Problems and Solutions This section describes a few common problems that you might encounter. A backup job was reported as su

Problems and Solutions A restore job from CA ARCserve Backup failed but BAR_<INFORMIX SERVER>.LOG on the Informix Server indicated it as succes

Problems and Solutions A job from the Informix Backup or Restore Utility is in the job queue, but nothing is happening A job from the Informix Backup

CA ARCserve® Backup for Windows Disaster Recovery Option CA ARCserve® Backup for Windows Disk to Disk to Tape Option CA ARCserve® Backup for Win

Error Messages A backup and restore job is submitted from the ON-Bar utility of Informix, but nothing happens A backup and restore job is submitted f

Error Messages A backup job returned the error (123) Cannot start onbar utility Reason: The agent could not start ONBAR_D.EXE. Action: Check your sys

Error Messages A backup or restore job returned the error (130) Cannot write to XBSA named pipe Reason: The agent cannot communicate with the XBSA ON

Error Messages A backup job returned the error (133) Cannot impersonate to the user Reason: The agent cannot impersonate the Informix user. Action: C

Error Messages A backup job returned the error (136) Error: no backup/restore option is set Reason: Backup and restore options, needed by the agent t

Error Messages A backup job returned the error (140) Cannot get log information from Informix Server Reason: The agent is unable to receive logical l

Error Messages A backup or restore job returned the error (144) Invalid Job Type Reason: The agent cannot interpret the job type. Action: Verify that

Error Messages A restore job returned the error (147) Restore option from CA ARCserve Backup is invalid Reason: The agent cannot process the restore

Error Messages A restore job returned the error (150) Cannot create thread Reason: The agent failed to create a thread. Action: Generate a trace log.

Error Messages A backup job returned the error (160) Cannot submit backup job. Informix Server should be in Online mode Reason: The agent was unable

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Error Messages A backup job returned the error (166) Backup job has failed due to expiration of named pipe wait time. Please make sure your original

Error Messages Appendix A: Troubleshooting 51 A restore job returned the error (169) Cannot submit point-in-time restore with dbspace name. Point-

Index 53 Index A Access Control Lists (ACLs) • 11 agent for Sybase file location • 36 ON-Bar utility configuration • 17 settings, modifying • 10

multiple IDS instances • 17 restore IDS • 28 ONCONFIG file, manually modifying • 16 onstat.exe utility • 33 options backup • 20 equivalent ON-Bar co

Contents Chapter 1: Introducing the Agent for IBM Informix 9 How the Agent for IBM Informix Works ...

8 Agent for IBM Informix Guide Cannot find the Backup Agent home subdirectory \TAPEINFO from the CA ARCserve Backup Restore Manager Tree View ...

Chapter 1: Introducing the Agent for IBM Informix CA ARCserve Backup is a comprehensive, distributed storage solution for applications, databases, d