Makes a backup of the database. The operation can be performed in a synchronous or an asynchronous (default) manner. The synchronous operation is specified by using the -s option.
The default backup directory is defined by using the General.BackupDirectory parameter. The backup directory can also be given as an argument. For example, the following command creates a backup in directory abc:
ADMIN COMMAND 'backup abc'
All directory definitions are relative to the solidDB working directory.