Set the IDS ONCONFIG File

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Set the IDS ONCONFIG File

The installation program updates the ONCONFIG file in the IBM Informixdir\etc directory so that the agent can operate properly.

Note: If you do not update the ONCONFIG file during installation, you must use a text editor to manually enter the changes in the ONCONFIG file before you install and deploy the agent in your network.

Skip this procedure if you modified the ONCONFIG file during installation.

To modify the ONCONFIG file manually

Open the ONCONFIG file using Notepad or any text editor.
For IDS Versions 11.10, 11.50, and 11.70, insert the following lines in the ONCONFIG file:
```
BAR_MAX_BACKUP 1 # Informix Backup Agent
BAR_BSALIB_PATH AGENT_HOME\libbsa.dll #Informix Backup Agent XBSA DLL
```
where AGENT_HOME is the home directory path of the agent.

If the current IBM Informix version is a 64-bit, then insert the following line:
```
BAR_BSALIB_PATH AGENT_HOME\x64\libbsa.dll #Informix Backup Agent XBSA DLL
```
Important! For IDS Versions 11.10, 11.50, and 11.70, if your agent home directory path contains space characters (for example, C:\Program Files\Informix), you must enter the MS-DOS shortened name when you specify the path (for example, C:\progra~1\ Informix). To determine the shortened form of a path name, view the path in an MS-DOS command prompt window.
For IDS Versions 11.10, 11.50, and 11.70, replace the following line:
```
LTAPEDEV NULL #Log tape device_path
```
with this line:
```
LTAPEDEV \\.\TAPE1 #Log tape device_path
```
Save the file.
Stop and restart all IDS instances to apply the changes to the ONCONFIG file.
Note: An IDS instance means the concurrent operation of shared memory, processors, databases, and physical devices allocated to IDS, all of which can be monitored by the ONSTAT -p (profile) command.