Advantage Database Server Backup (adsbackup) Utility

A command line backup utility for use with Advantage Database Server. The adsbackup utility collects all the required information to perform a backup or restore, and executes the backup or restore on the specified server. This utility is located in <UnwiredPlatform_InstallDir>\Servers\Advantage910\Server.

Prerequisites: The adsbackup.exe utility loads ACE32.DLL or libace.so dynamically so it can be used with different versions of Advantage Client Engine (ACE). The minimum ACE version requirement is v6.0. However, if the server operating system is NetWare, the ACE version must be v7.0 or greater.

Syntax

To back up a directory of free tables:
adsbackup.exe [options] <src path> <file mask> <dest path>
To back up a data dictionary and its associated tables:
adsbackup.exe [options] <src database> <dest path>

Parameters

Usage

You can use adsbackup in conjunction with the Unwired Server database file recovery tool MORecover. See Sybase Unwired Platform Administration Guide > System Reference > Command Line Utilities > Unwired Server Runtime Utilities > Unwired Server Database File Recovery (MORecover) Utility.

For more information on adsbackup.exe usage and sample use cases, see the Advantage Database Server documentation.

Related tasks
Backing Up Messaging Data