Setting Up Volume Sets and Volumes for Archive (ON-Archive) (SAP Library - SAP Database Guide: Informix (BC-DB-INF-DBA))

Setting Up Volume Sets and Volumes for Archive (ON-Archive)

Use

Before you can archive the Informix database with ON-Archive , you must define at least one volume set and volume.

Procedure

You can set up volume sets and volumes on tape in either of the following ways:

The SAP scripts let you easily define the required volume sets and volumes:

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

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.

Result

Setting up volume sets and volumes is an essential part of preparing to archive the database.