Backup and Restore 2 Manual

BRCOM BACKUP Command

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ALLOWMYID Job Option

This job option specifies whether the MYID option is allowed during a RESTORE

command. ON is the default.

allows the MYID option during a RESTORE command.

OFF

does not allow the MYID option during a RESTORE command.

Guidelines

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The ALLOWMYID job option supports only OSS objects. If you specify this option

but do not specify an OSS object, an error occurs. This option is not supported for

SQL/MX objects.

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The RESTORE job option MYID lets you restore files that originally belonged to

another user to your own user ID. This is applicable for super users.

BLOCKSIZE Job Option

This job option specifies the size of each tape record (block) written to the backup

tape. The default block size is 56.

tape-record-size

is the number of 1024-byte increments (blocks) in each record. Specify

tape-record-size as 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, or 56.

BRICONFRESHTAPE Job Option

This job option is used for backup only. This option provides two values: ON and OFF.

The default value is OFF. If the job option is set to ON, Backup and Restore 2 writes the

Backup Restore Intermediate Catalog (BRIC) file onto a new tape, regardless of the space

remaining on the existing tape.

BRIC is written to a fresh tape.

ALLOWMYID{ OFF | ON }

BLOCKSIZE tape-record-size

BRICONFRESHTAPE { ON | OFF }