Opening the Backup History
In the backup history, the database system chronologically logs information for all the actions it carried out when backing up and restoring data and log entries.
You are logged on to the database as the database system administrator or as a DBM operator with server authorization for performing backups or displaying status information.
More information: Glossary, Server Permission
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Select the database in the explorer tree.
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In the context menu of the database, choose Administration.
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Open the Backup tab page.
Table 1: Backup History Property
Description
Label
Backup Type
The HISTLOST entry means that the backup history was interrupted.
Action
Internal name of the executed function
Start
Time when the action began
Result
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OK
Backup was completed without errors
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Error code
Medium
Name of the backup template
Size
Size in pages
Devices
Number of parallel data carriers, if applicable
Next Log Page
From Page
From log sequence number
To Page
To log sequence number
To display information about backups that were executed using third-party backup tools, select Support for external backup tools.
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For more information about an entry in the backup history, open Details.
Property
Description
Log Required
Specifies whether log backups have to be imported after importing the data backup
Last Save Point
Only for data backups
Time of the last savepoint
First Commit
Last Commit
Only for log backups
Time at which the youngest/oldest log page, which is included in the log backup, was written to the log volumes
System Key
For internal purposes only
Unique identifier of the backup action