Backing Up and Restoring Aggregate Storage Applications

The file structure described in Table 10 is unique to aggregate storage applications.

Table 10. Aggregate Storage Application Files

Directory or File

Description

Location

appname

Application directory

ARBORPATH/app/appname

appname.app

Application file containing application settings

ARBORPATH/app/appname/

appname.log

Application log file

ARBORPATH/app/appname/

dbname

Database directory

ARBORPATH/app/appname/dbname

dbname.db

Database file containing database settings

ARBORPATH/app/appname/dbname/

dbname.dbb

Backup of database file

ARBORPATH/app/appname/dbname/

dbname.ddb

Partition definition file

ARBORPATH/app/appname/dbname/

dbname.otl

Outline file

ARBORPATH/app/appname/dbname/

dbname.otl.keep

Temporary backup of dbname.otl (created by operations that modify the outline and write it to a new file.)

ARBORPATH/app/appname/dbname/

trigger.trg

Trigger file

ARBORPATH/app/appname/dbname/

default

Tablespace directory (can be in multiple locations that you define)

(Default location) ARBORPATH/app/appname/default

temp

Tablespace directory (can be in multiple locations that you define)

(Default location) ARBORPATH/app/appname/temp

log

Tablespace directory

ARBORPATH/app/appname/log

metadata

Tablespace directory

ARBORPATH/app/appname/metadata

essn.dat

Aggregate storage data file

ARBORPATH/app/appname/default/

ARBORPATH/app/appname/log/

ARBORPATH/app/appname/metadata/

  To back up an aggregate storage database:

  1. Stop the application.

  2. Use the file system to copy the contents of the application directory (ARBORPATH/app/appname), excluding the temp directory.