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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.
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Restore with ontape
Restore the whole systemThis section outlines the prerequisites and steps you need to complete to restore your entire database server with ontape.
Verify your database server configuration
Set mirroring configuration to level-0 backup state

Set mirroring configuration to level-0 backup state

Verify that your current mirroring configuration matches the configuration that was in effect at the time of the last level-0 backup. Because it is recommended that you create a level-0 backup after each change in your mirroring configuration, this creates no problems. The most critical parameters are the mirroring parameters that appear in the configuration file, MIRRORPATH and MIRROROFFSET.

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