Backup Parameters

Enterprise

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The following list of parameters controls what will be incorporated into the corresponding backup:

Option	Required	Default	Values	Example	Description
database	No		Comma-separated list of database names	USER,APPDB	List of databases to include in the backup. If empty, all available databases are selected (unless external is enabled)
database_exclude	No		Comma-separated list of database names	TEMPDB,AUDIT	Databases to exclude from the backup. If this is the only selection parameter, all databases are included and then excluded by this list
database_regex_include	No		Regular expression	^APP_.*	Include databases matching a regular expression. Do not combine with list parameters
database_regex_exclude	No		Regular expression	^TEMP_.*	Exclude databases matching a regular expression. Do not combine with list parameters
external	No	No	0, no, No, false, FALSE, false, off ; 1, yes, Yes, TRUE, true, on	yes	Use the external/concurrent backup workflow (clear incremental list, copy IRIS.DAT, run external backup, then run online incremental backup)
cleanup	No	No	0, no, No, false, FALSE, false, off ; 1, yes, Yes, TRUE, true, on	yes	Remove temporary backup artifacts after they are sent to Bacula (backup data file and logs are deleted on exit)
switchjournal	No	Yes	0, no, No, false, FALSE, false, off ; 1, yes, Yes, TRUE, true, on	no	Reserved for future use. The IRIS backup command currently always switches journals

See also

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