Specific information about writing to different archive devices, including tape,
disk, read-only hardware, and third-party products.
Tape Backups
A tape set consists of one or more backup tapes produced on a given archive device. The first tape set you specify must be large enough to hold the full backup of the catalog store, including any non-SAP Sybase IQ data in the catalog store.
Disk Backups
All disk backups write to the file system; raw disk backup is not supported. All disks on a redundant array of independent devices (RAID) device are treated as a single device.
Read-Only Hardware
Write-once read-many (WORM) disk arrays provide read-only hardware functionality that allows normal read-write use of the disks until data is frozen. Disks can be frozen for an indefinite or fixed-retention period at the volume or file level. Frozen data cannot be modified, and the retention period can be extended, but never decreased.
Third-Party Products
SAP Sybase IQ supports backup and restore operations with third-party products that support SAP Sybase databases.