Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Data Management:
Database Administration

After-imaging and roll-forward recovery commands

Table 6–5 lists the utilities you use to perform the steps in the scenarios shown in Figure 6–3 through Figure 6–7. These utilities are described in detail in Part IV, "Reference."

Table 6–5: Utilities used with roll-forward recovery 

Utility command	Function
BUSY	Verifies that the database is not in use. The database cannot be in use when you perform a full offline backup.
PROBKUP or operating system utility	Backs up the database. You must perform a full backup of the database before you can use roll-forward recovery.
RFUTIL MARK BACKEDUP	Marks the database as backed up. If you do not use PROBKUP to back up the database, you must mark the database as backed up to begin after-imaging or start a new after-image file.
RFUTIL AIMAGE NEW	Starts a new AI file. After you back up the database and AI files, you can truncate the existing AI file.
RFUTIL AIMAGE END	Disables after-imaging. Before you run a batch job, you might want to disable after-imaging to improve performance.
RFUTIL ROLL FORWARD RETRY	Restarts the roll-forward operation. Use of this qualifier is limited to RFUTIL roll-forward operations that fail because of power outages or system failures.