Kbase 9864: Proutil - Backup Summarized Instructions
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
5/10/1998 |
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Proutil - Backup Summarized Instructions
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INTRODUCTION:
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PROGRESS database backup.
PROCEDURAL APPROACH:
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The following procedures should be used to perform accurate and
timely backups of PROGRESS databases. The importance of accurate
and timely backups cannot be stressed enough.
Below you will finda summarized step-by-step instructions to
perform Progress backups.
1. Check to see if database is in use:
proutil [database.name] -C busy
2. If the database is not in use, truncate the .bi file:
proutil [database.name] -C truncate bi
3. Full Backups:
probkup [database.name] [device-name] [-vs n] [-bf n]
-vs option indicates no limit and will write until completion
or the device is full and an error occurres.
-bf option indicates blocking factor.
4. Incremental Backups:
probkup [database.name] [device-name] incremental [-io n]
[-scan]
-io option indicates overlap factor
-scan option indicates enabled verbose mode (incremental only)
5. On-Line Backups:
probkup online [database.name] [device.name] [incremental]
[-vs n] [-bf n] [-io n]
Do not use On-Line Backup if you are running single-user system
(DOS - BTOS)
6. First Time Backups:
prostrct statistics doc
Determines the amount of media required to perform backup of
database.
REFERENCES TO WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION:
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PROGRESS System Administration II: General Chapter 4
Operating System Manual
Progress Software Technical Support Note # 9864