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This command can be used in conjunction with other command-line options. See
Table 5-3 on page 118 for the deployment assistant command-line options and
their description.
Examples of packaging Informix using the deployment
assistant
In this section, we show examples of snapshot creation based on a Linux
environment in which:
򐂰 The ifxdeployassist command is invoked from /tmp.
򐂰 Data is packaged with the snapshot.
The command in Example 5-2 creates a snapshot of the database server at
/tmp/informix1.tar.gz. The snapshot in this example contains the installed files
and instance information, but will not contain data. The
informix1:localhost:9088:SQLI value directs the deployment assistant to take
a snapshot of the informix1 instance, which is configured for localhost and
connects to service port 9088 using the SQLI protocol.
Example 5-2 Archive snapshot of instance with all defaults, data excluded
ifxdeployassist --command-line -i informix1:localhost:9088:SQLI
The command in Example 5-3 creates the database server archive snapshot,
including data. The archive format and location are explicitly specified. The
command creates a snapshot of the server at /opt/snapshot1.tar and all of its
associated data at /opt/snapshot1_db_tar. The deployment assistant is directed
to take a snapshot of informix2 instance in this example.
Example 5-3 Archive snapshot of instance with data
ifxdeployassist -c -d -i informix2:localhost:9090:SQLI -a tar -f /opt/snapshot1
Example 5-4 creates a snapshot of data at /tmp/informix2_db.tar.gz. In this
example, the protocol is not specified. Therefore, the default (SQLI) will be used.
The example shows the usage of the -d and the -m command-line options to
package only the server data.
Example 5-4 Archive snapshot of instance, capturing data only
ifxdeployassist -cvdni --instance ids1170_2:localhost:9288
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