|The syntax diagram for BACKUP DATABASE will be updated to reflect the new |INCREMENTAL parameter and the optional DELTA argument. Specifying the INCREMENTAL |option alone will result in a cumulative backup image being produced. The |optional DELTA argument can be used to specify the production of a non-cumulative |backup image.
|>>-BACKUP----+-DATABASE-+---database-alias----------------------> | '-DB-------' | |>-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------> | '-USER--username--+------------------+--' | '-USING--password--' | |>-----+--------------------------------------------+------------> | | .-,------------------. | | | V | | | '-TABLESPACE--(-----tablespace-name---+---)--' | |>-----+---------+---+--------------------------+----------------> | '-ONLINE--' '-INCREMENTAL--+--------+--' | '-DELTA--' | |>-----+-------------------------------------------------------+-> | +-USE TSM--+-------------------------------+------------+ | | '-OPEN--num-sessions--SESSIONS--' | | | .-,--------. | | | V | | | +-TO----+-dir-+--+--------------------------------------+ | | '-dev-' | | '-LOAD--library-name--+-------------------------------+-' | '-OPEN--num-sessions--SESSIONS--' | |>-----+-----------------------------+---------------------------> | '-WITH--num-buffers--BUFFERS--' | |>-----+----------------------+---+-----------------+------------> | '-BUFFER--buffer-size--' '-PARALLELISM--n--' | |>----+-------------------+------------------------------------->< | '-WITHOUT PROMPTING-' |
|If one or more Data Links servers are configured for the database, the |backup operation will succeed, even if a Data Links server is not available. |When the Data Links server restarts, backup processing will be completed on |that Data Links server before it becomes available to the database again.