Recommendations for Restoring an IDS Database

Before restoring IDS logical logs, dbspaces, and blobspaces, you must note the following:

Restores always consist of the complete backed-up set of data. You cannot restore these objects individually unless they are damaged; to restore damaged dbspaces and blobspaces, you must perform a disaster recovery restore.
When performing disaster recovery, you may need to restore critical IDS files located in the \etc directory, under the Informix home directory.
Important! Be cautious with this procedure; restoring critical files overwrites the current files. To determine when you should restore the critical boot files, see the IBM Informix documentation.
If you are executing a full restore, shut down all IDS services before starting the restore operation.
The Restore by Tree view is the supported format.
If you are restoring an Informix instance with the Last Logical Log option selected, ensure that you assign a correct value to the restore job and save it in the emergency boot file.
A restore job will fail if you attempt to restore multiple Informix instances on the same media because CA ARCserve Backup cannot restore the instances sequentially. To restore multiple Informix instances, restore them individually by submitting a new job for each instance, after the previous instance has been successfully restored.