The Transaction Log In Backup, Restore, and Recovery

SAP Sybase IQ uses the transaction log file during recovery from a system failure.

It does not use the transaction log to restore an SAP Sybase IQ database, to recover committed IQ transactions, or to restore the catalog store for an SAP Sybase IQ database. For a full restore, the transaction log must not exist. You must delete this file before starting a full restore.