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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.
Appendixes
This section contains additional reference information.
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.
Appendixes
This section contains additional reference information.
The onpload database
The tables in the onpload database hold information that the
onpload
utility uses. This section describes the tables in the onpload database that you create or modify with
ipload
.
High-Performance Loader configuration file
The default
$INFORMIXDIR/etc/plconfig.std
file on UNIX™ or
%\INFORMIXDIR%\etc\plconfig.std
on Windows™ is the
high-performance loader configuration file
.
Picture strings
The HPL uses two types of picture strings: COBOL picture strings and other picture strings.
Match condition operators and characters
This section describes the operators that are available when you match text and it provides an example of each operator.
Custom-conversion functions
Custom-conversion functions allow you to add additional data conversion capability to the . This feature lets
onpload
call a custom-conversion function during the data-conversion process.
The onstat -j option
The
-j
option of the
onstat
utility provides special information about the status of an
onpload
job. The
-j
option provides an interactive mode that is analogous to
onstat -i
.
The HPL log-file and pop-up messages
This section provides explanatory notes and corrective actions for unnumbered messages that print in the log file. The section also includes information specific to messages that are returned to standard output or appear in a pop-up dialog box (depending on the way you started
onpload
).
Custom drivers
If your operating system supports dynamic linking of libraries, you can use a custom driver to extend the functionality of the to support different file types or access mechanisms.
Run load and unload jobs on a Windows™ computer
Conversion and reversion scripts for HPL database migration
When you convert or revert to different versions of the database server, you can use conversion and reversion scripts to manually upgrade or revert your onpload database. You must use these scripts if you are required to upgrade between the same server versions.
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.
Appendixes
This section contains additional reference information.
The onpload database
The tables in the onpload database hold information that the
onpload
utility uses. This section describes the tables in the onpload database that you create or modify with
ipload
.
High-Performance Loader configuration file
The default
$INFORMIXDIR/etc/plconfig.std
file on UNIX™ or
%\INFORMIXDIR%\etc\plconfig.std
on Windows™ is the
high-performance loader configuration file
.
Picture strings
The HPL uses two types of picture strings: COBOL picture strings and other picture strings.
Match condition operators and characters
This section describes the operators that are available when you match text and it provides an example of each operator.
Custom-conversion functions
Custom-conversion functions allow you to add additional data conversion capability to the . This feature lets
onpload
call a custom-conversion function during the data-conversion process.
The onstat -j option
The
-j
option of the
onstat
utility provides special information about the status of an
onpload
job. The
-j
option provides an interactive mode that is analogous to
onstat -i
.
The HPL log-file and pop-up messages
This section provides explanatory notes and corrective actions for unnumbered messages that print in the log file. The section also includes information specific to messages that are returned to standard output or appear in a pop-up dialog box (depending on the way you started
onpload
).
Custom drivers
If your operating system supports dynamic linking of libraries, you can use a custom driver to extend the functionality of the to support different file types or access mechanisms.
Run load and unload jobs on a Windows computer
Conversion and reversion scripts for HPL database migration
When you convert or revert to different versions of the database server, you can use conversion and reversion scripts to manually upgrade or revert your onpload database. You must use these scripts if you are required to upgrade between the same server versions.
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