18.3.3 Backing up in units of servers

This example backs up all RDAREAs in a back-end server (bes1):

pdcopy -m c:\sysarea\rdsys011\mast01 -M r -p c:\hirdb\pdcopy\list01
-z c:\hirdb\pdcopy\logpoint01 -b c:\hirdb\pdcopy\backup01 -s bes1

Explanation
-m: Specifies the name of the first HiRDB file in the master directory RDAREA.
-M: Specifies the backup acquisition mode.
-p: Specifies the output file name for the database copy utility process results listing.
-z: Specifies the name of the log point information file. There is no need to specify this option if the system operation involves unloading of the system log.
-b: Specifies the name of the backup file.
-s: Specifies that all RDAREAs in the back-end server (bes1) are to be backed up.