If you wanna be sure shutdown the database and backup then. > Seeing how the data directories are changing but I wonder if > I could exclude the <independent_data> path but backup the > rest and it be ok?
This depends on where you datafiles are - and it also depends if you're using 7.3 or greater. 7.3 stores it's converter in the system devspace which is usually a file resisting in the wrk/<SID> subdirectory. This must be consistent with the data files. Greetz, SIEGENIA-AUBI KG Informationswesen i.A. Markus Döhr SAP-CC/BC, SAPDB-DBA Tel.: +49 6503 917-152 Fax: +49 6503 917-7152 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://www.siegenia-aubi.com -- MaxDB Discussion Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/maxdb To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]