Preparing for Recovery Reports with SAPDBA (Inform (SAP Library - SAP Database Guide: Informix (BC-DB-INF-DBA))

Preparing for Recovery Reports with SAPDBA (Informix 6.0)

Use

To be able to create the SAPDBA recovery reports for your Informix database, follow the information given here, which only applies if you are using SAPDBA for Informix version 6.0.

For more information, see Creation of Recovery Report with SAPDBA (Informix 6.0).

Prerequisites

SAPDBA is installed correctly. Refer to SAPDBA Setup.

You know how to use SAPDBA and have logged on. Refer to Starting SAPDBA.

You are using Informix version 6.0. If you are using a version later than 6.0, see Preparing for Recovery Reports with SAPDBA.

You are using the Informix tool ON-Archive for data recovery. The recovery reports are not available if you are using ontape .

Procedure

Copy the script arcrecover from the CD SAP-Kernel into the directory that SAPDBA can use.

Mount the CD SAP-Kernel.

su - <sid>adm

Change to the target directory:

cdexe

Copy arcrecover from CD:

cp /sapcd/DBTOOLS/arcrecover arcrecover

The access rights on this file must allow users to execute it.

Make sure that the directory $INFORMIXDIR/sapreorg/recover.rpt exists with write access for all users. This is part of the installation process for SAPDBA. Refer to Setting Up SAPDBA Working Directories.

Result

You can now create the recovery report (Informix 6.0).

See also:

Informix documentation