When to Back up the Database

In addition to any guidelines established by your enterprise, OpenText recommends that you back up your database in the following circumstances:

Before:

After:

If:

The epoch in the latest backup is earlier than the current ancient history mark.

Note: Always create a new full backup after adding, removing, or replacing nodes. When you restore a full database backup, you must restore to a cluster that is identical to the one on which you created the backup.

Ideally, schedule ongoing backups to back up your data. You can run the Vertica vbr from a cron job or other task scheduler.

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