Depending on the technical requirements, the following processes are available for backing up data:

If the backup medium capacity is sufficient for the total quantity of data that needs to be backed up, then the database administrator does not need to intervene during the backup.

If the capacity of the backup medium selected is too small for the backup, succeeding media have to be used, meaning that when one backup medium is full, it must be automatically or manually replaced by an empty one:

The Database Manager GUI asks for further backup media when the first medium has been completely filled but the backup has not been completed. For it to do so, the media capacity must be stated when defining the medium, or the tape device must detect the end of the tape.

You also have the option of using an external backup tool.

There is an automatic backup function for backing up the log entries: