Informix restore fails with Backup object does not exist in Storage Manager (4045532)

Date: July-05
NV Version: All
OS Version: All
Application version: Informix N/A
Plugin version: All


Description:
Informix backups are successful but restore jobs fail with the symptoms listed below.


Symptoms:
The binary log lists entries such as:

Error 2005/07/08 13:42:14 0 Data Plugin nv_inf No backups contained the requested object
Job Message 2005/07/08 13:42:24 0 Data Plugin nv_inf OnBar Activity Report (/u/informix/bar_act.log)

Embedded Onbars entries with '!' list:
2005-07-08 13:43:11 2617412 3133510 Successfully connected to Storage Manager.
2005-07-08 13:43:12 2617412 3133510 XBSA Error: (BSAQueryObject) Backup object does not exist in Storage Manager.
2005-07-08 13:43:12 2617412 3133510 ON-Bar was unable to get backup record of rootdbs from storage manager.

Informix Onbar activity log (bar_act.log)lists :
XBSA Error (BSAQueryObject) Backup object does not exist in Storage Manager

Modify the Informix plugin configuration file '~netvault/config/nvinformx.cfg' so that the configuration field 'Restore Backup Taken from NetVault Client' is now set to the NetVault name of the client where the backup was taken.
This can be achieved by manually editing the file or through the plugin configure GUI.
NOTE: This must be done on BOTH NetVault Client AND NetVault Server.

The file entry that needed to be modified as detailed below if the orginal backup was taken on an Informix machine that has been assigned a Netvault name of SARAH.

From:
[OnBar:DefaultRestoreSourceClient]
Tab Name=Informix Plugin
Tab Name Id=0
Type=String
Label=Restore Backup taken from Netvault Client
Label Id=0
Value=OTHER_MACHINE

To:
[OnBar:DefaultRestoreSourceClient]
Tab Name=Informix Plugin
Tab Name Id=0
Type=String
Label=Restore Backup taken from Netvault Client
Label Id=0
Value=SARAH

The reason for this configuration requirement is that the Informix plugin indices that contain the objects are referenced by client name.
So the source client that the orginal backup was performed on has to be listed in this field, otherwise the plugin will fail to find the relevant index and the objects required for the restore.


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