Informix Restore Options (General)

Use this dialog box to select restore options.

Destination Client/Computer/Server

Displays the name of the client computer to which the selected data will be restored. To change the destination computer, select one from the list. The list includes clients:

• Which are established as clients within the CommCell.
• Clients with Operating Systems that support the cross-platform restore operation from this client. (Refer to the topic titled Cross Platform Restore Operations in Books Online for additional information.)

By default, data is restored to the same computer from which it was backed up.

Restore Mode

Specifies the appropriate restore mode(s) from the following.

• Entire Instance Restore

  Specifies whether to restore in multistream all of the data in the instance.

• Whole System Restore (Serial)

  Specifies whether to restore in serial all of the data for the client. Only one stream is required; additional streams are ignored by the system.

• Partial Restore

  Specifies whether to activate the instance and its contents and to establish the restore of a subset of database objects.

• Physical

  Specifies whether to restore the uncommitted backup data.

• Logical

  Specifies whether to restore all of the logical logs.

• The Latest Database View

  By default, displays the database tree as it existed in the latest backup. Use the tree structure to establish either an entire or partial database restore by selecting the appropriate entity.

  For Oracle and Informix, if you specify a point-in-time by clicking the New Browse button, the database tree as existing in the specified point-in-time is displayed.
• Status

  Displays the current status of the database (online, off-line, or quiescent).

• Refresh

  Click to refresh the screen with the current status of the database

• New Browse

  Click to display the Specify Point-In-Time dialog box, which allows to you select options to restore from either the:

  • Latest backup, or the
  • Backup created at or before the date and time that you specify.

The database tree displayed in the latest backup data pane is suitably refreshed based on the selected option.

Restore Emergency Boot File (ixbar)

Specifies whether to restore the emergency boot file.

Restore ONCONFIG File

Specifies whether to restore the ONCONFIG file.

Number of restore streams

Displays the number of streams for the restore.

The number of streams indicated in this field may be greater than the number of streams that was set in the BAR_MAX_BACKUP parameter within the ONCONFIG file. This occurs because of this iDataAgent operations.

Advanced

Click to select additional restore options.

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