Compatibility Issues for a Compressed Dump

Compressed dumps have limitations for archive databases.

You cannot load dumps generated with “compress::” into an archive database. There are no compatibility issues with dumps using this compression option on traditional databases.
The format of a compressed dump generated using the with compression = compression_level option has changed in Backup Server 15.0 ESD #2. Therefore:
- A compressed dump made using a Backup Server version 15.0 ESD #2 and later can be loaded only into a pre-15.0 ESD #2 installation using a Backup Server version 15.0 ESD #2 or later.
- If you are using a pre-15.0 ESD #2 installation and want to use your dumps for an archive database, use Backup Server version 15.0 ESD #2 or later to create compressed database dumps.
  
  Note: A Backup Server version 15.0 ESD #2 and later understands both 15.0 ESD #2 and earlier compression formats; therefore, you can use a 15.0 ESD #2 Backup Server for both dumps and loads.