The following contains advice specifically for BRBACKUP. Further information about this utility can be found in Using BRBACKUP and BRARCHIVE.

The smallest unit that can be saved with BRBACKUP is a file. BRBACKUP can be used for backing up both files in the database and non-database files and directories. Use the init<DBSID>.sap parameter backup_mode (see backup_mode) or command option brbackup -m|-mode (see -m|-mode) for this purpose.