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 Backing Up with External Backup Tools 

The Database Manager supports the use of external backup tools for complete and incremental data backups, as well as for the archiving of log backups.

For information on which external backup tools are supported by MaxDB, External Backup Tool in the Database Administration documentation.

You can also use scripts to perform backups with external backup tools. However, if you do this, the Database Manager does not write a backup history. It therefore cannot check whether the backup procedure was successful.

Using the Backup Tools

Start the backup operation directly from the Database Manager CLI. The naming conventions for backup media enable the program to recognize the external backup tool and start it. The pipes for transferring the backup data are implicitly created by the Database Manager CLI during the backup process. They must not exist beforehand.

Prerequisites

·        You have the DBM operator authorization Backup.

·        The database instance is in the operational state ADMIN or ONLINE.

·        You have defined the backup media in accordance with the naming conventions for external backup media (Defining or Changing a Backup Medium).

·        You have configured the MaxDB software installation for the backup tool you want to use (see Integration of External Backup Tools).

·        You have inserted the required backup media in the external backup tool.

Procedure

Proceed as described under Backing Up the Database Instance or Archiving the Version Files of the Log Area.

Backups with TSM:

dbmcli –u dbm,dbm –uUTL –d mydb backup_start ADSMData DATA

ADSMData

Backup medium for the external backup tool TSM

DATA

Complete data backup

 

 

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