Backing Up to a Succeeding Medium 

Use

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

Prerequisites

You have the DBM operator authorization Backup.

You have started a backup. The backup operation was interrupted because the backup medium was reported as full.

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>
Return code <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>
Volumn 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 Return code reply field, which contains a numeric value supplied by the kernel.

See also: Messages: SAP DB 7.2 and 7.3

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

Kernel Version

Database kernel version

Pages Transferred

Number of pages transferred

Pages Left

Number of pages left

Volumes

Number of backup volumes used

Medianame

Name of backup medium

Location

File or device name

Errortext

Error message text

Label

Backup Label

Is Consistent

Only for data backup: 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

Only for log backup: 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 number of pages used (indication of minimum database size when backup is imported)

 

In the event of errors, see Reply Format.