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Procedure documentation Completing a Database Backup (ON-Bar)  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

To make sure the data from an Informix database backup with ON-Bar can be used quickly and effectively to restore the database, perform the tasks described in this section.

Prerequisites

You have checked the database backup result to make sure the backup has finished successfully.You can do this in either of the following ways:

Procedure

  1. Copy backup and store copies offsite

    2. Since your database backups are vital to restore your database in the event of failure, SAP recommends you to copy the volumes and store the copies at a different physical location.

  2. If you are using tapes or a similar storage medium, write the following information on the tapes to simplify the restore process:

Note

For more information about how to use the database backups to restore the database, see Restore.