Restore of Informix database failed using NetVault GUI (4045935)

Date - 03/2008
Affected Product & Version - NetVault: Backup 7.4.5, 8.0
Affected Module & Version - APM for Informix (All supported version)
OS Version - All Supported Version
Application Information - Informix 7.31, 9.4 and 10.0

Description:
Restore of Informix database failed using NetVault GUI

Symptoms:
Restore of Informix database failed using NetVault GUI. The job fails right after a connection is made to the storage manager. Below is the context message from the binary log.

2008-03-25 11:37:32 1401 1400 Successfully connected to Storage Manager.
2008-03-25 11:37:35 1401 1400 Begin cold level 0 restore datadbs1.
2008-03-25 11:37:35 1401 1400 ERROR: Unable to write restore data to the database server: restore reserved pages failed .

To restore any data from an Informix backup (whether performed via Informix’s native backup and recovery tools or with the NetVault GUI and the Informix APM), it is necessary to use Informix’s native recovery software - onbar. See the relevant Informix documentation for complete restore instructions.