Archive and Backup Monitor in CCMS (Informix)

Archive and Backup Monitor in CCMS (Informix)

Use

The archive and backup monitor for the Informix database is part of the Computing Center Management System (CCMS) in the R/3 System. You can use it to view the results of the following:

Database backups (ON-Bar) or archives (ON-Archive)
Logical-log backups, including the status of the logical log

The advantage of using the archive and backup monitor is that all the information is in a single place. This lets you review past archive and backup activity without looking up the results individually.

Integration

The archive and backup monitor is one of a number of tools available in CCMS for performing database administration (DBA) tasks with the Informix database. Refer to SAP/Informix DBA in CCMS.

Prerequisites

You have performed a database backup, an archive, or a logical-log backup. Otherwise, there is little relevant information to be displayed in the backup monitor (other than the status of the logical log).

You use ON-Bar or ON-Archive as your data recovery tool for the Informix database.

Features

For Informix, the following features are implemented:

Details of the last successful database backup or archive
Overview of all database backups or archives
Status of the logical log, including percent used
Details of the logical-log files that have been backed up recently
Overview of all logical-log backups
Volume report showing details of the volumes used for archives and backups (only available with ON-Archive)
Recovery report from SAPDBA showing details required to restore the database (only available with ON-Archive)

Activities

Schedule a database backup, an archive, or a logical-log backup in the DBA Planning calendar. Refer to DBA Planning Calendar (Informix).

Look in the archive and backup monitor for the results. Refer to Using the Archive and Backup Monitor in CCMS (Informix).