Hi All, Could I have someone confirm my understanding of what happens under various circumstances when a backup is interrupted? Do I understand this correctly?
Per the manuals, client sessions are cancelled when the server is halted. If an operation, such as a backup or archive process is interrupted when the session is cancelled, the server rolls back the results of the current transaction. The start window does not control whether or not a client backup restarts after an interrupt (caused by the server). It looks to me that this is controlled by two parameters in the client option file, the retry period and the maximum command retries. It looks like a backup would restart where it left off if the interrupt was caused by the server. It also appears that there is no restart provision if the interrupt is caused by the client going down. In that case, the backup must be restarted. However, if the client went down within the start window, I think we could assume that the backup would restart, although it would likely start completely over again. Thanks! Nancy Brizuela University of Wyoming IBM Systems Group Ivinson Room 238 (307)766-2958
