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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.
ON-Bar backup and restore system
Customize and maintain ON-Bar
Expire and synchronize the backup catalogs
The onsmsync utility
Regenerate the sysutils database

Regenerate the sysutils database

If you lose the sysutils database, use the bldutil utility in $INFORMIXDIR/etc on UNIX™ or %INFORMIXDIR%\etc on Windows™ to recreate the sysutils database with empty tables.

Then use the onsmsync utility to recreate the backup and restore data in sysutils.

Restriction: If both the sysutils database and emergency boot file are missing, you cannot regenerate them with onsmsync. Be sure to back up the emergency boot file with your other operating-system files.

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