Configuring and automating backups

Both local and network backup settings can be configured in the solid.ini configuration file. If you want to automate backups, you can initiate the backup using the solidDB^® facility for entering timed commands.

The optional configuration settings for local and network backups can be set beforehand in the solid.ini configuration file, except for the synchronized execution, -s option. The following tables show the corresponding ADMIN COMMAND options and parameter settings.

The options entered in ADMIN COMMAND override the corresponding parameter settings.

ADMIN COMMAND 'backup' and solid.ini parameter correspondence for local backups

ADMIN COMMAND 'backup' option	Value	Parameter
dir	backup dir	General.BackupDirectory=backup dir Default: backup

Corresponding ADMIN COMMAND options and configuration parameters for netbackup

ADMIN COMMAND 'netbackup' option	Value	Parameter
connect	connect str	General.NetBackupConnect=connect str Default: no default
dir	backup dir	General.NetBackupDirectory=backup dir Default: no default
netbackup DELETE LOGS		General.NetbackupDeleteLog=yes Default: yes
netbackup KEEP LOGS		General.NetbackupDeleteLog=no Default: yes

Example: Setting local backup directory with the General.BackupDirectory parameter

1 Define the default backup directory with the General.BackupDirectory parameter.

You can automate local backups by using the solidDB^® facility for entering timed commands.

To automate backups, use the Srv.At parameter to define the time and location of the backups.

[Srv]
At = [day] [HH:MM] backup [directory], [[day] [HH:MM backup [directory]]

If you do not specify the location for the backup file with directory, the directory defined with the General.BackupDirectory parameter is used.

The following Srv.At setting starts a backup every day at 1:30 am. To ensure that at least a week old backup is available, the backups are stored in different directories each day.

[Srv]
At=sun 01:30 backup bckup_sun, mon 01:30 backup bckup_mon, tue 01:30 backup bckup_tue,wed 01:30 backup bckup_wed, thu 01:30 backup bckup_thu, fri 01:30 backup bckup_fri, sat 01:30 backup bckup_sat