Creating a Single Backup Medium 

Procedure

  1. Choose Instance ® Configuration ® Backup Media
  2. Choose BackupMedia ® New ® Medium.
  3. Select General and make the following entries:
  4. Name:

    Freely definable name to identify the medium

    If you want to perform a backup or a restore using one of the external backup tools ADSM/TSM, NetWorker, Backint for Oracle, or Backint for SAP DB, ensure that the name of the medium starts with ADSM, NSR, BACK, or BACK (Backup with External Backup Tools).

    Location:

    Define the location to which backups are to be made.

    With files and pipes, we recommend specifying the absolute path to the backup medium.

    Device Type:

    Select the type of backup medium:
    File, tape, or pipe.

    If you back up the log to a file, the Database Manager GUI automatically generates version files. An automatic log backup cannot be made to tape.

    If you are saving with external backup tools, enter Pipe as the Device Type.

    When you are backing up to tape, you need to set the device driver correctly under the UNIX operating system. Use rewind tapes for backups. On Windows NT/Windows 2000 operating systems, the system sets the device driver automatically.

    Backup Type:

    Select the type of backup you want (full or incremental data backup, interactive log backup, or automatic log backup)

  5. Choose Extended and make the following entries:

Size:

The size of the backup medium (in KB)

Overwrite:

Select the Overwrite field when you want to use the overwrite mode for the medium (only possible with medium type File).

Autoloader:

Select Autoloader to use a tape device with autoload facilities (Backups to Automatic Tape Loader).

OS command:

You can enter any operating system commands appropriate for backup to tape now.