About configuring a backup policy for Informix
A backup policy for a database defines the backup criteria for a specific group of one or more clients.
These criteria include the following:
Storage unit and media to use
Policy attributes
Backup schedules
Clients to be backed up
The script files to run on the clients
To back up the database environment, define at least one Informix-ON-Bar policy with the appropriate schedules. A configuration can have a single policy that includes all clients, or there can be many policies, some of which include only one client.
In addition to the Informix-ON-Bar policy, back up the $INFORMIXDIR/etc files that are specified in the backup scripts. Define a Standard policy with a User Backup schedule type to back up these files.