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Database Essentials
Database Administration : Safeguarding your data : Using PROBKUP versus operating system utilities
 

Using PROBKUP versus operating system utilities

Among database and system administrators there are debates concerning the use of the OpenEdge PROBKUP utility versus operating system utilities. There is also a great deal of misinformation about when and how to back up a system while leaving it online. The following sections discuss these issues in detail.
* Understanding the OpenEdge PROBKUP utility
* How PROBKUP works
* Adding operating system utilities to augment PROBKUP