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Backing Up and Restoring the Informix Database
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Restore the Informix Database,
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Default Tape Drive Configuration
The script used by the DNCS to restore the Informix database uses the following
default tape drive configuration:
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Tape size:
7549747 KB
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Block size:
32 KB
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Device name: /dev/rmt/0h
This tape drive configuration is the configuration in use on a majority of systems.
Occasionally, however, the tape drive on a system may be configured with a
different device name, such as /dev/rmt/1h.
Note: The ‘h’ that appears at the end of device name /dev/rmt/0h or /dev/rmt/1h
Note: The ‘h’ that appears at the end of device name /dev/rmt/0h or /dev/rmt/1h
indicates that the system is to use a high density format when writing to the tape.
The tape drive configuration that you use to restore the Informix database is the
The tape drive configuration that you use to restore the Informix database is the
same configuration you used to back up the Informix database. If you are using a
custom tape drive configuration, refer to step 5 in the Checking Your Tape Drive
Configuration procedure (where you wrote it down) in the Back Up the Informix
Database section, earlier in this chapter.
How Many Tapes Are in the Backup?
You may have been required to use more than one backup tape when you backed up
the Informix database. Refer to one of the following procedures based on whether
you used more than one backup tape.
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If you used only one tape to back up the Informix database, refer to the Restoring
the Informix Database Using One Backup Tape procedure to restore the
database.
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If you used more than one tape to back up the Informix database, refer to the
Restoring the Informix Database Using More Than One Backup Tape procedure
to restore the database.