This section contains essential information for you to make sure that ON-Archive works correctly with your Informix database running with the SAP System. ON-Archive is relatively complex and it pays to make sure that you have completed all the necessary configuration tasks before you start database archives and logical-log backups on your production database.

You must have a UNIX platform, because ON-Archive is not available for NT platforms.

Before you start configuration, make sure you have worked out your approach to database archive and logical-log backup with ON-Archive . Refer to:

• Approach to Archive (ON-Archive)
• Approach to Logical-Log Backup (ON-Archive)

To see how this process fits in with the overall process of using ON-Archive for data recovery, see ON-Archive for Data Recovery. If you are new to ON-Archive , see Getting Started with ON-Archive.

1. You read the Informix documentation for ON-Archive .
2. If you are using the SAP scripts, you prepare the scripts.
3. You edit the configuration files for ON-Archive. Make sure you also define the required devices in the config.arc file (how you do this depends on whether you are using the SAP scripts or not).
4. You set up the required volume sets and volumes (how you do this depends on whether you are using the SAP scripts or not).

Now you can use ON-Archive for database archives and logical-log backups with your production database. Refer to:

• Archive (ON-Archive and ontape)
• Logical-Log Backup

Informix documentation at http://www.informix.com