Where to Find Information on ON-Bar, ISM, and TSM

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Where to Find Information on ON-Bar, ISM, and TSM

The task-documentation matrix in Table 8 provides a quick reference to locating ON–Bar commands and ISM and TSM information.

Table 8. ON-Bar, ISM, and TSM Task-Documentation Matrix
If You Want To:	Chapter or Manual
Learn backup and restore concepts	Introducing Backup and Restore
Configure and use ON-Bar, ISM, TSM, or another storage manager	Configuring the Storage Manager and ON-Bar of this manual IBM Informix: Storage Manager Administrator's Guide Tivoli Storage Manager Administrator's Guide Third-party storage-manager manual
Use the onbar script to customize ON-Bar, ISM, and TSM operations	Configuring the Storage Manager and ON-Bar (setup) Using ON-Bar Utilities (customization)
Use ON-Bar, ISM, and TSM configuration parameters See a list of the files that ON-Bar, ISM, and TSM use	Setting ON-Bar Configuration Parameters of this manual IBM Informix: Storage Manager Administrator's Guide
Set up ISM, TSM, or other storage manager to use certain storage devices for backup and restore operations Manage backup media and storage devices for ON-Bar Track the location of all backup data Move backup data through a managed life cycle	IBM Informix: Storage Manager Administrator's Guide Tivoli Storage Manager Administrator's Guide Third-party storage-manager manual
Back up storage spaces and logical logs: onbar -b -L [0\|1\|2] (standard backup) onbar -b -O (override error checking) onbar -b -w (whole-system backup, IDS) onbar -b -F (fake backup, IDS) onbar -b -p (physical backup, XPS)	Backing Up Storage Spaces and Logical Logs
Back up logical logs only: onbar -b -l onbar -b -l -s (log salvage) onbar -b -l -c (backup includes current log, IDS) onbar -b -l -C (continuous log backup, IDS)	Backing Up Logical Logs
View backed-up logical logs using onbar -P	Viewing Backed-Up Logical Logs
Verify backups before you use the data in a restore: onbar -v (verify backup) onbar -b -v (backup and verify, XPS)	Verifying Backups
Perform warm or cold restores: onbar -r (parallel restore) onbar -r -p (physical restore) onbar -r -l (logical restore) onbar -r -O (override error checking) onbar -r -t (point-in-time restore) onbar -r -n (point-in-log restore, IDS) onbar -r -w (whole-system restore, IDS) onbar -RESTART (restartable restore, IDS) onbar -r rename (rename chunks restore, IDS)	Restoring Data with ON-Bar
Perform external backups and restores: onmode -c block\|unblock (external backup, IDS) onutil ebr block\|unblock (external backup, XPS) onbar -r -e (external restore)	Performing an External Backup and Restore Using ontape
Use the onsmsync utility to expire old backup objects	Using ON-Bar Utilities
Use the onbar_w utility or start_worker script to start onbar-worker processes manually (XPS)	Using ON-Bar Utilities
Monitor Backup Scheduler status (XPS)	Using ON-Bar Utilities
Refer to the tables in the sysutils database and the Backup Scheduler tables in the sysmaster database	ON-Bar Catalog Tables
Find corrective actions to ON–Bar error messages	The finderr utility on UNIX or IBM Informix Error Messages on Windows
Find ON–Bar return codes	ON-Bar Messages and Return Codes
Use GLS with ON-Bar	Appendix D. GLS Support
Create and delete storage spaces and chunks Manage database-logging status, logical-log files, and the physical log Perform fast recovery	IBM Informix: Administrator's Guide for your database server
Locate complete information on all database server configuration parameters Use the ondblog utility to change the logging mode Use the onlog utility to display logical-log records	IBM Informix: Administrator's Reference
Restoring table-level data with archecker	Restoring Table-level Data