Hi George We are currently using the X/OPEN api to backup the Informix database. We are also using the onbar utility in conjunction with the X/OPEN api. My question is how to set up management classes for the backups and also the logs and how to expire these backups and logs.
Thks Sean -----Original Message----- From: George Lesho [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 9:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ADSM/TSM and INFORMIX online Backups Need more info Sean. In order for Onbar to play with TSM, a shared library is needed. Tivoli previously gave you one in ADSM Ver 3.1 but dropped the shared library for later distributions when it found it could sell a stand alone product (thus put some more coins in their pocket) called TDM for Informix which is basically a shared XBSA library. Informix does have one available that they got gratis from Legatto some time ago but it doesn't work well. The only other 3rd party product that provides a shared library is BMC SQL BackTrack for Informix which also allows you to pull database tables from the TSM backup tapes and stick them in a warm database (nice feature). My location uses SQL BackTrack for Informix. How do you plan on putting a shared library into use? The BMC product has you create "backup pools" which basically are the conduit to TSM by allowing you to bind a management class to a backup (the "backup pools" have nothing to do with actual tapes. I don't run onbar commands to do backups but use BMC commands which in turn call the onbar commands. I do all backups as TSM archive type because expiration doesn't work well with "backup" type backups. There isn't a true incremental capability withing TSM against these data bases anyway. There is an incremental capability within onbar (L0, L1, L2) but TSM doesn't care about this aspect of Onbar. Read the Onbar Backup and Restore Guide for your version of Informix and decide how you are going to come up with an XBSA shared library. Don't hesitate to shoot further questions. George Lesho AFC Enterprises "Ramnarayan, Sean A [EDS]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 03/01/2002 02:42:11 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: George Lesho/Partners/AFC) Fax to: Subject: ADSM/TSM and INFORMIX online Backups Hi I would like to know if any has setup INFORMIX to backup to ADSM/TSM ? My question is how did you set up the management class for the Informix logical and physical logs to be backed up to ADSM using the onbar function. How does ADSM store the logs in the server ? How to delete the logs when inactive from ADSM/TSM. Thks Sean Ramnarayan "MMS <caltex.com>" made the following annotations on 03/01/2002 10:42:11 AM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ DISCLAIMER This message may contain confidential information that is legally privileged and is intended only for the use of the parties to whom it is addressed. If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of any information in this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the message. Thank you. ======================================================================== ====== "MMS <caltex.com>" made the following annotations on 03/04/2002 09:01:20 AM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DISCLAIMER This message may contain confidential information that is legally privileged and is intended only for the use of the parties to whom it is addressed. If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of any information in this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the message. Thank you. ==============================================================================
