13.4. Performing Database and Table Space Backups
There are two different granularities that you can choose for your backups, and you have two different options for how the backup can be performed. You can choose to back up the entire database or one or more table spaces from within the database. You can also choose whether you want the backup to be taken online, meaning regular database access is permitted while the backup is taken, or offline, meaning that no database access is permitted while the backup is take. All four of these options can be combined to give you a very flexible recovery mechanism for your databases.
13.4.1. Online Access Versus Offline Access
In the following sections we use the terms “online” and “offline” quite often. ...
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