Backing up databases

When you make a backup, you must decide where you want to store the backup files: on the database server computer or on the client computer.

Execute a BACKUP DATABASE statement. For example:

BACKUP DATABASE DIRECTORY 'd:\\temp\\backup';

This statement creates a backup copy of the database files in the directory d:\temp\backup on the server computer.

Alternatively, you can run dbbackup with the -s option to create the server-side backup. For example:

dbbackup -s -c "Host=sample_host;SERVER=myserver;DBN=demo;UID=DBA;PWD=sql" 
"c:\SQLAnybackup"

Run the Backup utility (dbbackup) with the -c option on the client computer. For example:

dbbackup -c "Host=sample_host;SERVER=myserver;DBN=demo;UID=DBA;PWD=sql" "c:\SQLAnybackup"