ADSM-L

Re: ADSM and Informix

1996-06-07 13:04:00
Subject: Re: ADSM and Informix
From: Bill Colwell <bcolwell AT CCLINK.DRAPER DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 1996 13:04:00 -0400
Text item: Body.822
Cyndie - your note mentions the 'ADSM x/open API'  What is that?  How is it
different from the ADSM API which is available for all clients?  Is this
the long await space management standard which the big unix vendors are
developing?

Bill Colwell
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
Cambridge Ma.
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Author: ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu
Subject: ADSM and Informix
06-07-96 12:27 PM

Date:         Fri, 7 Jun 1996 12:27:30 EDT
From:         Cyndie Behrens <cbehrens AT vnet.ibm DOT com>
Subject:      ADSM and Informix
To:           Multiple recipients of list ADSM-L <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu>

Kevin, to back up Informix in an SAP R/3 environment you would use the
same tools as in a non-SAP environment.  For details on how to back up
informix, I suggest you get redbook SG24-4335, "Using ADSM to Back Up
Databases".  But let me give you an idea about your alternatives.

The main Informix V6 backup utility, onarchive, does not work directly with
the ADSM API.  If you wanted to use onarchive, you can back up to a file
and then have ADSM back up the file.  Another alternative is to use ADSM
to directly back up the files that comprise the database....this would be
an full,offline backup approach.  Most informix shops are installed on file
systems, but if you are installed on raw devices, you would either have to
use onarchive or use an unsupported utility called ADSMPIPE that backs up
raw devices directly to ADSM.

Things will get better in the future.  A new informix release due out later
in the year, 7.2.x, will contain a new backup utility called onbar, that
works directly with the new ADSM x/open API.  This will be supported for
AIX and Solaris platforms initially.  Target availability of 7.2.x is
3-4Q96.  The ADSM x/open API is already available for AIX and Solaris
clients.
thanks,
Cyndie Behrens
IBM-ITSO San Jose
cbehrens AT vnet.ibm DOT com
408-927-3627
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