Input syntax:
-d tape|disk|pipe|tape_auto|pipe_auto|tape_box|pipe_box|util_file

Default value: tape

• tape : Tape in local tape device.

• disk : Disk. You should normally only use the option for archiving to disk in exceptional cases.

Requirements in connection with a parallel server configuration. See Mixed Scenario.

Two-step archiving. See archive_copy_dir

Offline redo log files should always be archived to tape in the end, if possible twice.

• pipe : Archiving on a tape device of a remote system.

• tape_auto or pipe_auto : The BRARCHIVE program generally only uses one tape for archiving (exception: archiving with -ss or -ssd ). No continuation tapes are created. Therefore, specifying tape_auto or pipe_auto has no effect.

• tape_box or pipe_box : Jukeboxes or autoloader tape devices which can be addressed locally or remotely. See: Backup with Jukebox/Autoloader

• util_file : see the corresponding option in -d|-device.

Parameters in init<DBSID>.sap : backup_dev_type.