Getting Started with Data Recovery 

Purpose

This section provides you with a summary of the basic concepts involved in data recovery for your Informix database. It is useful if you are new to data recovery for an Informix database with the R/3 System.

Process Flow

  1. Read the section describing what data recovery is.
  2. Read the sections describing what archive, backup, and restore are.
  3. Read the section comparing the data recovery tools, ON-Bar , ON-Archive , and ontape .

Result

With an understanding of the basic concepts involved, you can now begin to develop and implement an approach to data recovery. For an overview of what you need to consider, see Data Recovery for Informix.

 

See also:

What is Data Recovery?

What is an Archive?

What are Whole-System and Storage-Space Backups?

What is a Logical-Log Backup?

What is a Restore?

Comparison of ON-Bar, ON-Archive, and ontape for Data Recovery

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