Hagen... I use BMC SQL-BackTrack for Informix 2.1 and am currently testing 3.0.
Ontape is used with 2.1 and Onbar is used with 3.0 plus 3.0 is supposed to allow
you to expire stuff but haven't had luck yet making expiration work. 2.1 has no
facility for expiration and thus you can't reclaim any backups done by the 2.1
API except by actually going in an manually deleting filespaces. This is a
particular pain, as each dbspace (hope I am using the terminology correctly)
gets a unique date time appended and thus you get a zillion unique filespace
names.... The TDP for Informix tool is supposed to integrate better with TSM and
handle expiration better according to what I have been told. I am trying to get
in touch with my Tivoli rep... I think I am already actually licesnced to use
this product... when the server boots, it says something to the effect "this
server is licensed to use TDP for Informix"... I inherited tons of old CDs with
this job but haven't had any luck find one for TDP for Informix...
George Lesho
Storage/System Admin
AFC Enterprises
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Subject: Onbar API versus Informix Data Protection?
Is there a distinction between utilizing the ADSM/TSM API to run onbar for
informix databases and the TSM Informix Data Protection product (TDP)? I can't
quite get clear whether the TDP and the API are
synonymous, or whether the TDP is either a wholly different product or an
enhancement of the API. Thanks for your comments.
Hagen Finley
Longs Drugs
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