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AdministeringIn addition to administering the database server, you can tune performance, replicate data, and archive data.
Backup and Restore GuideThe Informix® Backup and Restore Guide describes how to use the Informix® ON-Bar and ontape utilities to back up and restore database server data. These utilities enable you to recover your databases after data is lost or becomes corrupted due to hardware or software failure or accident.
ontape backup and restore system
Back up with ontape
Create a backup
Prepare for a backup
Back up to a directoryIf you choose to back up to a directory, you do not need to provide tapes. Instead, you back up the data to a directory of a local file system or a directory that has been mounted on the local system.
Set the file directory path

Set the file directory path

Use the TAPEDEV configuration parameter to specify the absolute path name on a directory of a file system to use for the storage-space archive file. This is the destination where ontape writes storage space data during an archive and the source from which ontape reads data during a restore. You specify the directory where the logical log backup files are written with the LTAPEDEV configuration parameter.

Tip: When you back up to a directory file system, specify the -d option to turn off ontape interactive prompts.

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