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Procedure documentation Checking Result of Database Backup or Archive with Message Log  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

You can check the results of an Informix database backup with ON-Bar or an archive with ON-Archive or ontape by looking in the message log of the Informix database server.

The parameter MSGPATH in the ONCONFIG file specifies the name and location of the message log. However, if you use SAPDBA or onstat -m to view the message log, you do not need to know its name or location.

Procedure

Use either of the following to look in the message log:

You see entries like the following for a database backup with ON-Bar or an archive with ON-Archive or ontape :

14:31:01 Level 0 Archive started on rootdbs, logdbs, physdbs, psapsource, psappool, psapdocu, psapuser1, psapprot, psapstab, psapbtab, psapclu, psapload, psapddic

...

14:49:01 Archive on rootdbs, logdbs, physdbs, psapsource, psappool, psapdocu, psapuser1, psapprot, psapstab, psapbtab, psapclu, psapload, psapddic completed

Result

If the archive has completed successfully, you still need to check the tapes (ON-Archive) or check the tapes (ontape). This is not possible for ON-Bar .

 

See also:

Checking Archive Status (ON-Archive)

Checking Database Backup Status and Result with Activity Log (ON-Bar)

Checking Archive Result with Activity Log (ON-Archive)

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