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deviceSpecifier

Syntax

Purpose

A sub-clause specifying the type of storage for a backup or copy.

Keywords and Parameters

disk	specifies disk storage.
'media_device'	specifies a sequential I/O device or access method for storage. The syntax and semantics of sequential I/O device types are platform-specific. Currently, the only available value is 'sbt_tape', which functions with a third-party tape sub-system interface.

Examples

Allocating a Tape Channel

This example allocates a maintenance channel for a media management device:

allocate channel for maintenance type 'sbt_tape';

Backing Up to Disk

This example backs up the database to disk:

run {
     allocate channel ch1 type disk;
     backup database;
}

Restoring from Disk and Tape

This example recovers the database using backups from disk and tape:

run {
     allocate channel d1 type disk;
     allocate channel t1 type 'sbt_tape'
     restore database;
     recover database;
}

Related Topics

"allocate"

"allocateForMaint"

"list"

"releaseForMaint"

"report"

"restore"

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