archive fake argument: Perform an unrecorded backup (SQL administration API)

Use the archive fake argument with the admin() or task() function to perform a backup operation to clone the data in a server without creating a persistent backup that could be used to perform a restore.

Syntax


>>-EXECUTE FUNCTION--+-admin-+--(--"archive fake"--)--;--------><
                     '-task--'

Usage

Use this function to populate the secondary server in a High-Availability Data Replication pair.

This function is equivalent to running the ontape command with the -F option.

Example

The following example starts an unrecorded backup:

EXECUTE FUNCTION task("archive fake");