Name of External Backup Medium 

If you are using an external backup tool, there are naming conventions that you should follow for the backup media.

The following character strings at the beginning of a backup media name determine that external backup tools are used for backups to this medium or restores from this medium:

Character String

Backup Tool to Be Used

ADSM

ADSM/TSM (IBM/Tivoli)

BACK

Backint for Oracle
Backint for SAP DB

NSR

NetWorker (Legato)

If the Database Manager is not to address any of the backup tools listed above, use backup media names that do not begin with any of the above reserved character strings.

See also:

Name of standard backup medium