About backint -i in_file contents
This appendix explains how to create a backint input file. You specify the name of this input file as the argument to the backint command's -i in_file option. The input file consists of one or more directive lines that specify how to perform a backup, restore, or inquiry.
The input file format differs depending on the function you want backint to initiate and on the underlying database.
Table: Directives in the in_file lists the directives that you can include in in_file and indicates the databases that use them.
Table: Directives in the in_file
Directive | The underlying database |
|---|---|
Directives for an input file that requests a backup: | |
file | Oracle |
pipe #PIPE | MaxDB |
special_file size | Oracle |
Directives for an input file that requests a restore: | |
BID file [dest_dir] | Oracle |
#NULL file [dest_dir] | Oracle |
BID pipe [dest_name] | MaxDB |
#NULL pipe [dest_name] | MaxDB |
Directives for an input file that performs an inquiry: | |
#NULL | Oracle and MaxDB |
BID | Oracle and MaxDB |
#NULL file | Oracle |
#NULL pipe | MaxDB |
BID file | Oracle |
BID pipe | MaxDB |
Table: Variables in the in_file lists the variables that you need to specify in the in_file:
Table: Variables in the in_file
Variable | Specification |
|---|---|
file | The full path name of the file that you want to back up, restore, or inquire about. |
pipe | A named pipe. Specify the keyword #PIPE after the pipe name. |
special_file | The name of a special file, such as a raw device file. |
size | The file size as specified to the Oracle database. |
BID | The external backup identifier, as generated by NetBackup for SAP. |
dest_dir | The name of a directory or folder to which the restore is written. |
dest_name | The name of a pipe to which the restore is written. |
If you use the #NULL keyword, backint uses the most recent version of the file or pipe.