HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager 5.x Administrator Guide (AA-RUQSF-TE, September 2005)

226 Storing data and performing backups
Performing incremental backups
To perform an incremental backup, enter the following command in the CLI (the entire command is on a
single line):
dbbackup -c
"uid=dba;pwd=sql;eng=fabman;CommLinks=tcpip{DOBROADCAST=DIRECT;HOST=localhost;Ser
verPort=2638}" -y -r -n -t destdir
where:
• destdir is the destination directory for the backup files.
• -y is an option that causes the dbbackup utility to overwrite files without a prompt.
CAUTION: Be careful with the -y option if you are always backing up the same directory. The
fabman.db database file is overwritten without a prompt by this option.
• -r is an option that renames and restarts the transaction log file after backing it up. You can use
this option to reduce the transaction log file size.
• -n is an option that causes the transaction log file to be named using the yymmddxx.log format,
where xx is AA, AB, AC, etc.
• -t causes only the transaction log file to be backed up.
NOTE: A copy of the transaction log file is also placed in the databases directory. This copy can be
safely deleted after the backup is complete.