971201AA.log
consol.db
971201AB.log
consol.log
Abackup command line Thefollowing command line backs up the database using the rename and
restartoption, and also uses an option to rename the transaction log backup
file:
dbbackup -r -k -c "uid=DBA;pwd=SQL" c:\archive
Theconnection string options would be different for each database.
Effectsof the backup Ifyou back up the transaction log to a directory
c:\archive
usingthe rename
andrestart option and the log renaming option, the Backup utility carries out
thefollowing tasks:
1. Renames the existing transaction log file to
971201xx.log
,where
xx
are
sequentialcharacters ranging from
AA
to
ZZ
.
2. Backs up the transaction log file to the backup directory, creating a
backupfile named
971201xx.log
3. Starts a new transaction log, as
consol.log
.
Afterseveral backups, the live directory and also the archive directory
containa set of sequential transaction logs.
C:\Live C:\Archive
consol.dbconsol.db
971201AA.log
971201AB.log
971201AC.log
consol.log
971201AA.log
971201AB.log
971201AC.log
AMessage Agent
commandline Youcan run the Message Agent with access to these log files using the
followingcommand line:
dbremote -c "dbn=hq;..." c:\archive
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