Creating a snapshot for deployment manually

Create a snapshot of HCL OneDB™ that you can use with the deployment utility to place pre-configured instances on multiple computers.

Before you begin

Before you create a snapshot, you must meet the following prerequisites:

  • Windows™: Windows administrator privileges on the computer.
  • Linux™ and UNIX™: User informix or root privileges on the computer.
  • Sufficient disk space to save the snapshot in a file. If space is limited, you might want to store the snapshot in a compressed file.

About this task

To create a snapshot, complete the following steps on the computer where you installed the HCL OneDB instance:

Procedure

  1. Shut down the instance in a consistent state with onmode -kuy.
  2. Create a snapshot of the following items:
    • HCL OneDB installation directory
      Tip: Ensure you include the IDSFILES.txt file, which is in the installation directory. That file is required if you want to use the deployment utility to remove the snapshot from the target computer after you deploy it.
    • Configuration settings
    • Optional: Data spaces associated with the instance
      Tip: Store the components of the snapshot in a compressed file if you want to save space. If you compress the snapshot in a BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, or ZIP format, you can use the -file option with the deployment utility to extract the snapshot instead of specifying a customized decompression command.
  3. Optional: After you create the snapshot, you can restart the instance.