Volume Sets and Volumes for Archive (ON-Archive)

Volume Sets and Volumes for Archive (ON-Archive)

Before you can archive the Informix database with ON-Archive , you must define at least one volume set and volume. You can set up volume sets and volumes on tape in either of the following ways:

With the SAP scripts (recommended)

You should use the SAP scripts if possible since they enable you to define the required volume sets and volumes, as described below.

arcprep generates the volume set DBTAP for archiving and a series of associated volumes labeled DBT1 , DBT2 , DBT3 ... up to the number you specify.

arcvolum defines additional volumes in pre-existing volume sets, if required.

Refer to Setting Up Volume Sets and Volumes for ON-Archive with SAP Scripts.

Manually

If you are archiving to disk (not generally recommended), or archiving in parallel then you must define the volumes yourself. Refer to Setting Up Volume Sets and Volumes for ON-Archive Without SAP Scripts.