Prior to moving to a data center (few months back) my backups were to
Ultrium 3's. I could backup 330 gigs in 2 hrs (HP 11.11 IDS 9.40 ,7420).
Before the move to Ultriums I was using DLT 320's with the backup taking 5+
hrs.

Thanks




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Another way that I did before was to change the tape backup device from DLT
to LTO if your budget is allowed.
It greatly reduces the backup time for us.

Dorn B.


On 5 Sep 2006 10:27:45 -0700, PapaKiKi <agwanzura@okzim.co.zw> wrote:
have Informix IDS 7.3 on an Rp4440 server with UNIX 11.0 I am using
DLT Tape drives and 80gig tapes to do my back up on a 98gig database.
My problem is that a level 0 backup takes 24hrs to finish. Using
ontape . I need to reduce the time.My database has 405 users at peak
and an average of 240 users during the day .I normally start my
backup at 1600hrs.I need help to reduce this time.Any help or
suggestions are welcome. Here is my configuration file ( onconfig.live)

#************************************************* *************************

#
# INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC.
#
# Title: onconfig.std
# Description: Informix Dynamic Server Configuration Parameters
#
#************************************************* *************************


# Root Dbspace Configuration

ROOTNAME rootdbs # Root dbspace name
ROOTPATH /dev/rootdbs # Path for device containing root
dbspace
ROOTOFFSET 0 # Offset of root dbspace into device
(Kbytes)
ROOTSIZE 1000000 # Size of root dbspace (Kbytes)

# Disk Mirroring Configuration Parameters

MIRROR 0 # Mirroring flag (Yes = 1, No = 0)
MIRRORPATH # Path for device containing mirrored
root
MIRROROFFSET 0 # Offset into mirrored device (Kbytes)

# Physical Log Configuration

PHYSDBS rootdbs # Location (dbspace) of physical log
PHYSFILE 250000 # Physical log file size (Kbytes)

# Logical Log Configuration

LOGFILES 30 # Number of logical log files
LOGSIZE 5000 # Logical log size (Kbytes)

# Diagnostics

MSGPATH /u/informix/online.log # System message log file path
CONSOLE /dev/console # System console message path
ALARMPROGRAM /u/informix/etc/log_full.sh # Alarm program path
SYSALARMPROGRAM /u/informix/etc/evidence.sh # System Alarm program path
TBLSPACE_STATS 0

# System Archive Tape Device

TAPEDEV /dev/rmt/c8t3d0BEST # Tape device path
TAPEBLK 6144 # Tape block size (Kbytes)
TAPESIZE 80000000 # Maximum amount of data to put on tape
(Kbytes)

# Log Archive Tape Device

LTAPEDEV /dev/rmt/1m # Log tape device pat
LTAPEBLK 1024 # Log tape block size (Kbytes)
LTAPESIZE 4000000 # Max amount of data to put on log tape
(Kbytes)

# Optical

STAGEBLOB # Informix Dynamic Server/Optical
staging area

# System Configuration

SERVERNUM 1 # Unique id corresponding to a Dynamic
Server instance
DBSERVERNAME ok_srvr # Name of default database server
DBSERVERALIASES ok_tcp # List of alternate dbservernames
NETTYPE ipcshm,1,600,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype
NETTYPE soctcp,1,5,NET # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype
DEADLOCK_TIMEOUT 60 # Max time to wait of lock in
distributed env.
RESIDENT -1 # Forced residency flag (Yes = 1, No =
0)

MULTIPROCESSOR 1 # 0 for single-processor, 1 for
multi-processor
NUMCPUVPS 2 # Number of user (cpu) vps
SINGLE_CPU_VP 0 # If non-zero, limit number of cpu vps
to one

NOAGE 1 # Process aging
AFF_SPROC 0 # Affinity start processor
AFF_NPROCS 0 # Affinity number of processors

# Shared Memory Parameters

LOCKS 500000 # Maximum number of locks
BUFFERS 200000 # Maximum number of shared buffers
NUMAIOVPS 8 # Number of IO vps
PHYSBUFF 128 # Physical log buffer size (Kbytes)
LOGBUFF 128 # Logical log buffer size (Kbytes)
LOGSMAX 100 # Maximum number of logical log files
CLEANERS 127 # Number of buffer cleaner processes
SHMBASE 0x0 # Shared memory base address
SHMVIRTSIZE 300000 # initial virtual shared memory segment
size
SHMADD 40000 # Size of new shared memory segments
(Kbytes)
SHMTOTAL 0 # Total shared memory (Kbytes).
0=>unlimited
CKPTINTVL 360 # Check point interval (in sec)
LRUS 127 # Number of LRU queues
LRU_MAX_DIRTY 1 # LRU percent dirty begin cleaning
limit
LRU_MIN_DIRTY 0 # LRU percent dirty end cleaning limit
LTXHWM 50 # Long transaction high water mark
percentage
LTXEHWM 60 # Long transaction high water mark
(exclusive)
TXTIMEOUT 0x12c # Transaction timeout (in sec)
STACKSIZE 64 # Stack size (Kbytes)

# System Page Size
# BUFFSIZE - Dynamic Server no longer supports this configuration
parameter.
# To determine the page size used by Dynamic Server on your
platform
# see the last line of output from the command, 'onstat -b'.


# Recovery Variables
# OFF_RECVRY_THREADS:
# Number of parallel worker threads during fast recovery or an offline
restore.
# ON_RECVRY_THREADS:
# Number of parallel worker threads during an online restore.

OFF_RECVRY_THREADS 10 # Default number of offline worker
threads
ON_RECVRY_THREADS 1 # Default number of online worker
threads

# Data Replication Variables
# DRAUTO: 0 manual, 1 retain type, 2 reverse type
DRAUTO 0 # DR automatic switchover
DRINTERVAL 30 # DR max time between DR buffer flushes
(in sec)
DRTIMEOUT 30 # DR network timeout (in sec)
DRLOSTFOUND /u/informix/etc/dr.lostfound # DR lost+found file path

# CDR Variables
CDR_LOGBUFFERS 2048 # size of log reading buffer pool
(Kbytes)
CDR_EVALTHREADS 1,2 # evaluator threads
(per-cpu-vp,additional)
CDR_DSLOCKWAIT 5 # DS lockwait timeout (seconds)
CDR_QUEUEMEM 4096 # Maximum amount of memory for any CDR
queue (Kbytes)
CDR_LOGDELTA 30 # % of log space allowed in queue
memory
CDR_NUMCONNECT 400 # Expected connections per server
CDR_NIFRETRY 300 # Connection retry (seconds)
CDR_NIFCOMPRESS 0 # Link level compression (-1 never, 0
none, 9 max)

# Backup/Restore variables
BAR_ACT_LOG /tmp/bar_act.log
BAR_MAX_BACKUP 0
BAR_RETRY 1
BAR_NB_XPORT_COUNT 10
BAR_XFER_BUF_SIZE 31

# Informix Storage Manager variables
ISM_DATA_POOL ISMData # If the data pool name is changed, be
sure to
# update $INFORMIXDIR/bin/onbar. Change
to
# ism_catalog -create_bootstrap -pool
<new name>
ISM_LOG_POOL ISMLogs

# Read Ahead Variables
RA_PAGES # Number of pages to attempt to read
ahead
RA_THRESHOLD # Number of pages left before next
group

# DBSPACETEMP:
# Dynamic Server equivalent of DBTEMP for SE. This is the list of
dbspaces
# that the Dynamic Server SQL Engine will use to create temp tables
etc.
# If specified it must be a colon separated list of dbspaces that exist
# when the Dynamic Server system is brought online. If not specified,
or if
# all dbspaces specified are invalid, various ad hoc queries will
create
# temporary files in /tmp instead.

DBSPACETEMP tempdbs # Default temp dbspaces

# DUMP*:
# The following parameters control the type of diagnostics information
which
# is preserved when an unanticipated error condition (assertion
failure) occurs
# during Dynamic Server operations.
# For DUMPSHMEM, DUMPGCORE and DUMPCORE 1 means Yes, 0 means No.

DUMPDIR /tmp # Preserve diagnostics in this
directory
DUMPSHMEM 0 # Dump a copy of shared memory
DUMPGCORE 0 # Dump a core image using 'gcore'
DUMPCORE 0 # Dump a core image (Warning:this
aborts Dynamic Server)
DUMPCNT 1 # Number of shared memory or gcore
dumps for
# a single user's session

FILLFACTOR 90 # Fill factor for building indexes

# method for Dynamic Server to use when determining current time
USEOSTIME 0 # 0: use internal time(fast), 1: get
time from OS(slow)

MAX_PDQPRIORITY 100 # Maximum allowed pdqpriority
DS_MAX_QUERIES 4 # Maximum number of decision support
queries
DS_TOTAL_MEMORY 512 # Decision support memory (Kbytes)
DS_MAX_SCANS 1048576 # Maximum number of decision support
scans
DATASKIP off # List of dbspaces to skip

# OPTCOMPIND
# 0 => Nested loop joins will be preferred (where
# possible) over sortmerge joins and hash joins.
# 1 => If the transaction isolation mode is not
# "repeatable read", optimizer behaves as in (2)
# below. Otherwise it behaves as in (0) above.
# 2 => Use costs regardless of the transaction isolation
# mode. Nested loop joins are not necessarily
# preferred. Optimizer bases its decision purely
# on costs.
OPTCOMPIND 0 # To hint the optimizer

ONDBSPACEDOWN 2 # Dbspace down option: 0 = CONTINUE, 1
= ABORT, 2 = WAIT
LBU_PRESERVE 0 # Preserve last log for log backup
OPCACHEMAX 0 # Maximum optical cache size (Kbytes)

# HETERO_COMMIT (Gateway participation in distributed transactions)
# 1 => Heterogeneous Commit is enabled
# 0 (or any other value) => Heterogeneous Commit is disabled
HETERO_COMMIT 0

# Optimization goal: -1 = ALL_ROWS(Default), 0 = FIRST_ROWS
OPT_GOAL -1

# Optimizer DIRECTIVES ON (1/Default) or OFF (0)
DIRECTIVES 1

# Status of restartable restore
RESTARTABLE_RESTORE off

I suggest you to check the contention level of your database first.

Your configuration shows that you put everything in rootdb DBspace.
This is not a wise move, espeically you have a lot concurrent users
online all the time. It's difficult to prevent users from accessing
the same data pages. That surely will slow down the backup of your
data. All I can say is that the backup speed is way too slow in your
case.

If possible, please also observe the application performance when the
backup starts at 16:00. If the application perfformance also slows
down significantly, it may prove my theory.


Darren_Jacobs@carmax.com wrote:
> Prior to moving to a data center (few months back) my backups were to
> Ultrium 3's. I could backup 330 gigs in 2 hrs (HP 11.11 IDS 9.40 ,7420).
> Before the move to Ultriums I was using DLT 320's with the backup taking 5+
> hrs.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
> "DORN B"
> <varadorn@gmail.c
> om> To
> Sent by: PapaKiKi <agwanzura@okzim.co.zw>
> informix-list-bou cc
> nces@iiug.org informix-list@iiug.org
> Subject
> Re: Backup Very Slow
> 09/05/2006 06:03
> PM
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Another way that I did before was to change the tape backup device from DLT
> to LTO if your budget is allowed.
> It greatly reduces the backup time for us.
>
> Dorn B.
>
>
> On 5 Sep 2006 10:27:45 -0700, PapaKiKi <agwanzura@okzim.co.zw> wrote:
> have Informix IDS 7.3 on an Rp4440 server with UNIX 11.0 I am using
> DLT Tape drives and 80gig tapes to do my back up on a 98gig database.
> My problem is that a level 0 backup takes 24hrs to finish. Using
> ontape . I need to reduce the time.My database has 405 users at peak
> and an average of 240 users during the day .I normally start my
> backup at 1600hrs.I need help to reduce this time.Any help or
> suggestions are welcome. Here is my configuration file ( onconfig.live)
>
> #************************************************* *************************
>
> #
> # INFORMIX SOFTWARE, INC.
> #
> # Title: onconfig.std
> # Description: Informix Dynamic Server Configuration Parameters
> #
> #************************************************* *************************
>
>
> # Root Dbspace Configuration
>
> ROOTNAME rootdbs # Root dbspace name
> ROOTPATH /dev/rootdbs # Path for device containing root
> dbspace
> ROOTOFFSET 0 # Offset of root dbspace into device
> (Kbytes)
> ROOTSIZE 1000000 # Size of root dbspace (Kbytes)
>
> # Disk Mirroring Configuration Parameters
>
> MIRROR 0 # Mirroring flag (Yes = 1, No = 0)
> MIRRORPATH # Path for device containing mirrored
> root
> MIRROROFFSET 0 # Offset into mirrored device (Kbytes)
>
> # Physical Log Configuration
>
> PHYSDBS rootdbs # Location (dbspace) of physical log
> PHYSFILE 250000 # Physical log file size (Kbytes)
>
> # Logical Log Configuration
>
> LOGFILES 30 # Number of logical log files
> LOGSIZE 5000 # Logical log size (Kbytes)
>
> # Diagnostics
>
> MSGPATH /u/informix/online.log # System message log file path
> CONSOLE /dev/console # System console message path
> ALARMPROGRAM /u/informix/etc/log_full.sh # Alarm program path
> SYSALARMPROGRAM /u/informix/etc/evidence.sh # System Alarm program path
> TBLSPACE_STATS 0
>
> # System Archive Tape Device
>
> TAPEDEV /dev/rmt/c8t3d0BEST # Tape device path
> TAPEBLK 6144 # Tape block size (Kbytes)
> TAPESIZE 80000000 # Maximum amount of data to put on tape
> (Kbytes)
>
> # Log Archive Tape Device
>
> LTAPEDEV /dev/rmt/1m # Log tape device pat
> LTAPEBLK 1024 # Log tape block size (Kbytes)
> LTAPESIZE 4000000 # Max amount of data to put on log tape
> (Kbytes)
>
> # Optical
>
> STAGEBLOB # Informix Dynamic Server/Optical
> staging area
>
> # System Configuration
>
> SERVERNUM 1 # Unique id corresponding to a Dynamic
> Server instance
> DBSERVERNAME ok_srvr # Name of default database server
> DBSERVERALIASES ok_tcp # List of alternate dbservernames
> NETTYPE ipcshm,1,600,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype
> NETTYPE soctcp,1,5,NET # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype
> DEADLOCK_TIMEOUT 60 # Max time to wait of lock in
> distributed env.
> RESIDENT -1 # Forced residency flag (Yes = 1, No =
> 0)
>
> MULTIPROCESSOR 1 # 0 for single-processor, 1 for
> multi-processor
> NUMCPUVPS 2 # Number of user (cpu) vps
> SINGLE_CPU_VP 0 # If non-zero, limit number of cpu vps
> to one
>
> NOAGE 1 # Process aging
> AFF_SPROC 0 # Affinity start processor
> AFF_NPROCS 0 # Affinity number of processors
>
> # Shared Memory Parameters
>
> LOCKS 500000 # Maximum number of locks
> BUFFERS 200000 # Maximum number of shared buffers
> NUMAIOVPS 8 # Number of IO vps
> PHYSBUFF 128 # Physical log buffer size (Kbytes)
> LOGBUFF 128 # Logical log buffer size (Kbytes)
> LOGSMAX 100 # Maximum number of logical log files
> CLEANERS 127 # Number of buffer cleaner processes
> SHMBASE 0x0 # Shared memory base address
> SHMVIRTSIZE 300000 # initial virtual shared memory segment
> size
> SHMADD 40000 # Size of new shared memory segments
> (Kbytes)
> SHMTOTAL 0 # Total shared memory (Kbytes).
> 0=>unlimited
> CKPTINTVL 360 # Check point interval (in sec)
> LRUS 127 # Number of LRU queues
> LRU_MAX_DIRTY 1 # LRU percent dirty begin cleaning
> limit
> LRU_MIN_DIRTY 0 # LRU percent dirty end cleaning limit
> LTXHWM 50 # Long transaction high water mark
> percentage
> LTXEHWM 60 # Long transaction high water mark
> (exclusive)
> TXTIMEOUT 0x12c # Transaction timeout (in sec)
> STACKSIZE 64 # Stack size (Kbytes)
>
> # System Page Size
> # BUFFSIZE - Dynamic Server no longer supports this configuration
> parameter.
> # To determine the page size used by Dynamic Server on your
> platform
> # see the last line of output from the command, 'onstat -b'.
>
>
> # Recovery Variables
> # OFF_RECVRY_THREADS:
> # Number of parallel worker threads during fast recovery or an offline
> restore.
> # ON_RECVRY_THREADS:
> # Number of parallel worker threads during an online restore.
>
> OFF_RECVRY_THREADS 10 # Default number of offline worker
> threads
> ON_RECVRY_THREADS 1 # Default number of online worker
> threads
>
> # Data Replication Variables
> # DRAUTO: 0 manual, 1 retain type, 2 reverse type
> DRAUTO 0 # DR automatic switchover
> DRINTERVAL 30 # DR max time between DR buffer flushes
> (in sec)
> DRTIMEOUT 30 # DR network timeout (in sec)
> DRLOSTFOUND /u/informix/etc/dr.lostfound # DR lost+found file path
>
> # CDR Variables
> CDR_LOGBUFFERS 2048 # size of log reading buffer pool
> (Kbytes)
> CDR_EVALTHREADS 1,2 # evaluator threads
> (per-cpu-vp,additional)
> CDR_DSLOCKWAIT 5 # DS lockwait timeout (seconds)
> CDR_QUEUEMEM 4096 # Maximum amount of memory for any CDR
> queue (Kbytes)
> CDR_LOGDELTA 30 # % of log space allowed in queue
> memory
> CDR_NUMCONNECT 400 # Expected connections per server
> CDR_NIFRETRY 300 # Connection retry (seconds)
> CDR_NIFCOMPRESS 0 # Link level compression (-1 never, 0
> none, 9 max)
>
> # Backup/Restore variables
> BAR_ACT_LOG /tmp/bar_act.log
> BAR_MAX_BACKUP 0
> BAR_RETRY 1
> BAR_NB_XPORT_COUNT 10
> BAR_XFER_BUF_SIZE 31
>
> # Informix Storage Manager variables
> ISM_DATA_POOL ISMData # If the data pool name is changed, be
> sure to
> # update $INFORMIXDIR/bin/onbar. Change
> to
> # ism_catalog -create_bootstrap -pool
> <new name>
> ISM_LOG_POOL ISMLogs
>
> # Read Ahead Variables
> RA_PAGES # Number of pages to attempt to read
> ahead
> RA_THRESHOLD # Number of pages left before next
> group
>
> # DBSPACETEMP:
> # Dynamic Server equivalent of DBTEMP for SE. This is the list of
> dbspaces
> # that the Dynamic Server SQL Engine will use to create temp tables
> etc.
> # If specified it must be a colon separated list of dbspaces that exist
> # when the Dynamic Server system is brought online. If not specified,
> or if
> # all dbspaces specified are invalid, various ad hoc queries will
> create
> # temporary files in /tmp instead.
>
> DBSPACETEMP tempdbs # Default temp dbspaces
>
> # DUMP*:
> # The following parameters control the type of diagnostics information
> which
> # is preserved when an unanticipated error condition (assertion
> failure) occurs
> # during Dynamic Server operations.
> # For DUMPSHMEM, DUMPGCORE and DUMPCORE 1 means Yes, 0 means No.
>
> DUMPDIR /tmp # Preserve diagnostics in this
> directory
> DUMPSHMEM 0 # Dump a copy of shared memory
> DUMPGCORE 0 # Dump a core image using 'gcore'
> DUMPCORE 0 # Dump a core image (Warning:this
> aborts Dynamic Server)
> DUMPCNT 1 # Number of shared memory or gcore
> dumps for
> # a single user's session
>
> FILLFACTOR 90 # Fill factor for building indexes
>
> # method for Dynamic Server to use when determining current time
> USEOSTIME 0 # 0: use internal time(fast), 1: get
> time from OS(slow)
>
> MAX_PDQPRIORITY 100 # Maximum allowed pdqpriority
> DS_MAX_QUERIES 4 # Maximum number of decision support
> queries
> DS_TOTAL_MEMORY 512 # Decision support memory (Kbytes)
> DS_MAX_SCANS 1048576 # Maximum number of decision support
> scans
> DATASKIP off # List of dbspaces to skip
>
> # OPTCOMPIND
> # 0 => Nested loop joins will be preferred (where
> # possible) over sortmerge joins and hash joins.
> # 1 => If the transaction isolation mode is not
> # "repeatable read", optimizer behaves as in (2)
> # below. Otherwise it behaves as in (0) above.
> # 2 => Use costs regardless of the transaction isolation
> # mode. Nested loop joins are not necessarily
> # preferred. Optimizer bases its decision purely
> # on costs.
> OPTCOMPIND 0 # To hint the optimizer
>
> ONDBSPACEDOWN 2 # Dbspace down option: 0 = CONTINUE, 1
> = ABORT, 2 = WAIT
> LBU_PRESERVE 0 # Preserve last log for log backup
> OPCACHEMAX 0 # Maximum optical cache size (Kbytes)
>
> # HETERO_COMMIT (Gateway participation in distributed transactions)
> # 1 => Heterogeneous Commit is enabled
> # 0 (or any other value) => Heterogeneous Commit is disabled
> HETERO_COMMIT 0
>
> # Optimization goal: -1 = ALL_ROWS(Default), 0 = FIRST_ROWS
> OPT_GOAL -1
>
> # Optimizer DIRECTIVES ON (1/Default) or OFF (0)
> DIRECTIVES 1
>
> # Status of restartable restore
> RESTARTABLE_RESTORE off
> .
>
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