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Administering
In addition to administering the database server, you can tune performance, replicate data, and archive data.
System administration
These topics contain concepts, procedures, and reference information for database and database server administrators to use for managing and tuning
HCL Informix®
database servers.
High-Performance Loader User's Guide
The describes how to use the
HCL Informix®
to load and unload large quantities of data efficiently to or from
Informix®
databases.
The onpladm utility
This section describes how to use the
onpladm
utility.
Define maps
You can create, modify, describe, list, and delete maps with the
onpladm
utility.
Create maps
You can create maps by using a quick command or a specification file.
Administering
In addition to administering the database server, you can tune performance, replicate data, and archive data.
System administration
These topics contain concepts, procedures, and reference information for database and database server administrators to use for managing and tuning
HCL Informix®
database servers.
List of utilities
HCL Informix®
includes utilities and applications that you can use to perform administrative tasks and capture information about configuration and performance.
Administrator's Guide
The
Informix® Administrator's Guide
provides the information required to administer
HCL Informix®
.
Administrator's Reference
The includes comprehensive descriptions of
HCL Informix®
configuration parameters, the system-monitoring interface (SMI) tables in the sysmaster database, the syntax of database server utilities such as
onmode
and
onstat
, logical-log records, disk structures, event alarms, and unnumbered error messages.
DB-Access User's Guide
The
Informix® DB-Access User's Guide
describes how to use the
DB-Access
utility to access, modify, and retrieve information from
Informix®
database servers.
High-Performance Loader User's Guide
The describes how to use the
HCL Informix®
to load and unload large quantities of data efficiently to or from
Informix®
databases.
High-Performance Loader overview
Examples of loading and unloading jobs using the ipload utility
This section shows how the components of the fit together. The section includes a step-by-step tutorial with two examples (for a load and an unload job) that use the
ipload
graphical user interface (GUI).
The ipload utility windows
This section contains information about using the
ipload
utility.
Define HPL projects
This section explains how to create a project and how projects are related. The individual components that you store in projects are described in later sections.
Configure the High-Performance Loader
This section describes the process of configure the .
Define device arrays
This section describes how to define and use device arrays with the .
Define formats
This section describes the formats that the provides and shows how to prepare and edit the format component.
Define queries
This section describe how to define queries including how to create, edit, and export and import queries.
Define maps
This section describes how to define maps with the . It also describes the options that are available for defining maps.
Define filters
This section describes how to create, edit, and delete filters.
Unload data from a database
This section describes the
Unload Job
window.
Load data to a database table
This section describes the load process.
The Generate options of the ipload utility
This section describes the Generate options for the
ipload
utility.
The HPL browsing options
This section describes the browsing options that are available for the .
Manage the High-Performance Loader
The onpload utility
This section describes how to use the
onpload
utility.
The onpladm utility
This section describes how to use the
onpladm
utility.
Overview of the onpladm utility
The
onpladm
command-line interface is equivalent to the
ipload
utility. You can use the
onpladm
utility from the command line to create, modify, and delete objects. The HPL objects include projects, jobs, maps, formats, queries, filters, device arrays, and machines.
Define onpladm utility jobs
You can create, modify, describe, list, run, and delete jobs with the
onpladm
utility.
Define device arrays
You can create, modify, describe, list, and delete device arrays with the
onpladm
utility.
Define maps
You can create, modify, describe, list, and delete maps with the
onpladm
utility.
Create maps
You can create maps by using a quick command or a specification file.
Create a map by using a quick command
When you create a map by using a quick command, the
onpladm
utility creates a format object with the same name as the map, plus the suffix
-fmt
. The generated format name (as for all
onpladm
objects) has a maximum length of 18 characters.
Create a map with a detailed specification file
When you create a map, the
onpladm
utility creates a format object with the same name as the map. When you create a map with a specification file, you must create all associated objects; the
onpladm
utility does not create these objects for you.
Delete a map
Describe a map
Modify a map by using a detailed specification file
List all maps in a project
Define formats
You can create, modify, describe, list, and delete formats with the
onpladm
utility.
Define queries
You can create, modify, describe, list, and delete queries with the
onpladm
utility.
Define filters
You can create, modify, describe, list, and delete filters with the
onpladm
utility.
Define projects
You can create a project, run all jobs in a project, list all projects, and delete a project with the
onpladm
utility.
Define machine types
You can create, modify, describe, list, and delete machine types with the
onpladm
utility.
Define database operations
Appendixes
This section contains additional reference information.
Performance Guide
The
Informix® Performance Guide
describes how to configure and operate your
HCL Informix®
database server to improve overall system throughput and to improve the performance of SQL queries.
SNMP Subagent Guide
The describes the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and the software that you need to use SNMP to monitor and manage
HCL Informix®
database servers and databases.
InformixHQ Guide
InformixHQ is a modern web console for visualizing, monitoring, and managing your Informix server instances. It is purpose built for ease-of-use, scaling out, and optimizing DevOps needs. It provides critical performance management capabilities, monitoring how key performance metrics are changing over time and tracking how efficiently Informix is running your workload even when you’ve stepped away from your screen. Its monitoring system feeds directly into a customizable alerting system so you can be immediately alerted via email, Twilio, or PagerDuty whenever an issue occurs on one of your Informix database server instances. InformixHQ is designed to be scalable to efficiently manage and monitor as many Informix database server instances as you need. Moreover, it's a tool that can be shared by the DBAs, the app developers, the ops engineers, and management and accessed from any desktop, laptop, or mobile device. InformixHQ is the centralized hub for graphical monitoring, alerting, and administration of your Informix database servers.
Backup and Restore Guide
The
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.
Enterprise Replication
The describes the concepts of data replication using
Informix® Enterprise Replication
, including how to design your replication system, as well as administer and manage data replication throughout your enterprise.
Create maps
You can create maps by using a quick command or a specification file.
Create a map by using a quick command
When you create a map by using a quick command, the
onpladm
utility creates a format object with the same name as the map, plus the suffix
-fmt
. The generated format name (as for all
onpladm
objects) has a maximum length of 18 characters.
Create a map with a detailed specification file
When you create a map, the
onpladm
utility creates a format object with the same name as the map. When you create a map with a specification file, you must create all associated objects; the
onpladm
utility does not create these objects for you.
Related information
Specification-file conventions
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