Using the dump command

Specifying the backup level

What a backup level is for

You use a backup level to specify whether all files or only the most recently changed files are backed up.

Kinds of backup levels

A level-0 backup is a full backup. A full backup backs up all the data in the dump path.

Backups at levels from 1 through 9 are incremental backups. An incremental backup backs up only the items in the dump path that have been created or changed since the most recent backup of a lower level.

Specifying a backup level

To specify the backup level, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	Include the level number as an option. The range is 0 through 9.

Example

The following command performs a level-0 backup of the /vol/vol0 volume:

Note
Incremental updates do not run unless the baseline transfer has updated the dumpdates file.