The HiRDB administrator must back up data in order to be prepared for possible errors. The database copy utility (pdcopy command) is used to make backups. This section explains the basics of making backups.

For details about optional functions related to making backups (such as a function whose objective is to reduce the amount of time required to make backups), see 6.1.2 Optional items.

Organization of this section

6.1.1 Basics

6.1.2 Optional items