ADSM-L

DATABASE backup question FULL or INCREMENTAL?

2001-04-09 10:21:54
Subject: DATABASE backup question FULL or INCREMENTAL?
From: "David Browne." <dbrowne AT HUMANA DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 10:22:31 -0400
I am doing a nightly database full backup with ADSM/TSM.  (TSM 3.7.4 on
OS390/2.10)
What is most commonly done a Full or Incremental?
What are the advantages/disadvantages of a full over an incremental backup
of the servers database?
The command we enter is as follows:
                      backup db type=full devclass=dboffsite
 Where dboffsite is the a tape device class.