Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Data Management:
Database Administration

Unscheduled backups

In addition to scheduled backups, you might have to perform additional backups for the following reasons:

To run a large job with the No Crash Protection (-i) startup parameter. Before running the job, back up the database and after-image files.
As part of the recovery process, to re-establish a valid environment.
Before and after any major changes to an application or database.
When installing a new release of the OpenEdge RDBMS.