Backup existing data of OneDB Server

Procedure

  1. Login as an “Ubuntu” user: 
    sudo -u ubuntu bash
  2. Check the output of the “id” command”: 
    $ id
    # uid=1000(ubuntu) gid=1000(ubuntu) groups=1000(ubuntu),4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),27(sudo),29(audio),30(dip),44(video),46(plugdev),117(netdev),118(lxd)
  3. Go to “/tmp” directory: 
    $ cd /tmp
  4. Apply 777 file permissions to below files 
    $ sudo chmod  777 ifxdata.tar ol_aws_disk_encryption.p12 ol_aws_disk_encryption.stl passwords
  5. rename existing /data folder 
    
sudo mv /data      /x-data
  6. create an empty /data folder: 
    sudo mkdir /data
    
sudo chmod 755 /data
sudo chown informix:informix /data
  7. Backup other files: 
    sudo mv /home/informix/passwords   /home/informix/x-passwords
sudo mv /home/informix/server/etc/ol_onedb_disk_encryption.p12   /home/informix/server/etc/x-ol_onedb_disk_encryption.p12
sudo mv /home/informix/server/etc/ol_onedb_disk_encryption.stl   /home/informix/server/etc/x-ol_onedb_disk_encryption.stl