Emergency Boot Files for ON-Bar

The ON-Bar emergency boot files contain the information needed to perform a cold restore, and are updated after every backup. For details, see the IBM Informix: Backup and Restore Guide.

You can specify the location of the emergency boot files with the BAR_BOOT_DIR configuration parameter. The filenames for the emergency boot files are as follows:

• Bixbar_hostname.servernum (backup boot file)
• Mixbar_hostname.servernum (merge boot file)
• Rixbar_hostname.servernum (restore boot file)