You cannot back up data with ontape and
restore it with ON-Bar,
or conversely because the data storage formats and backup capabilities
are different. However, you can back up data with ontape,
prepare to use ON-Bar,
and then back up with ON-Bar.
To switch from ontape to ON-Bar:
- Use ontape to perform a full backup.
- Take the backup media offline to prevent possible reuse
or erasure.
- Configure the storage manager to be used with ON-Bar.
- Configure your environment:
- Set the configuration parameters that you use with ON-Bar and
the storage manager.
- If
you use a storage manager other than the HCL Informix® Primary Storage Manager,
create the sm_versions file with the storage-manager
definition. The Informix Primary
Storage Manager does
not use the sm_versions.std file.
- Use ON-Bar (onbar
-b or onbar -b -w) to perform a full
backup.
- Verify the backup with the onbar -v command.