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 Backing Up to a Succeeding Medium 

Use

You have started a backup. This was interrupted because the system reported that the backup medium is full.

You define a new backup medium. The backup continues to the medium you defined.

Prerequisites

You have the DBM operator authorization Backup.

Syntax

backup_replace <medium>

Reply

The reply to this command provides information about the backup supplied by the kernel.

This information is only given when the backup has been ended or interrupted. This command may, therefore, take a long time to execute.

OK<NL>
Returncode              <value><NL>
Date                    [<value>]<NL>
Time                    [<value>]<NL>
Server                  [<value>]<NL>
Database                [<value>]<NL>
Kernel Version          [<value>]<NL>
Pages Transferred       [<value>]<NL>
Pages Left              [<value>]<NL>
Volume Count            [<value>]<NL>
Medianame               [<value>]<NL>
Location                [<value>]<NL>
Errortext               [<value>]<NL>
Label                   [<value>]<NL>
Is Consistent           [<value>]<NL>
First LOG Page          [<value>]<NL>
Last LOG Page           [<value>]<NL>
DB Stamp 1 Date         [<value>]<NL>
DB Stamp 1 Time         [<value>]<NL>
DB Stamp 2 Date         [<value>]<NL>
DB Stamp 2 Time         [<value>]<NL>
Page Count              [<value>]<NL>
Devices Used            [<value>]<NL>
Database ID             [<value>]<NL>
Max Used Data Page      [<value>]<NL>

In particular, analyze the Returncodereply field, which contains a numeric value supplied by the kernel.

See also: Messages

If it is clear from the message number that the backup was only interrupted, the session must be continued with the continuation command: (backup_replace, backup_ignore), or terminated with backup_cancel.

Values for the Individual Fields of the Reply

Date

Date

Time

Time

Server

Name of the database server

Database

Name of the database instance

Kernel Version

Database kernel version

Pages Transferred

Number of pages transferred

Pages Left

Number of pages still to be transferred

Volumes

Number of backup media used

Medianame

Name of the backup medium

Location

File or device name

Errortext

Error message text

Label

Backup ID

Is Consistent

For data backup only: backup is internally consistent

First LOG Page

For data backup: first page of log backup to be read

For log backup: first page saved in log

Last LOG Page

For log backup only: last page saved in log

DB Stamp 1 Date
DB Stamp 1 Time

Time stamp for first page of log backup

DB Stamp 2 Date
DB Stamp 2 Time

Time stamp for last page of log backup

Page Count

Total number of pages saved

Devices Used

Number of backup devices used

Database ID

Database ID used to identify data and log backups that belong together

Max Used Data Page

Maximum page number (indication of minimum database size when backup is imported)

 

In the event of errors, see Reply Format.

 

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