HP P6000 Continuous Access Software - Manual (Page 10)

DButil –pre
Database names that contain spaces
Enclose the database name in quotes if it contains an embedded space. For example:
DButil –pre “My Database”
Metadata files
The DButil –pre and DButil –mfreeze commands create metadata files that contain checkpoint
and control information about the database(s) being replicated. This data is sent to SQL Server during
DButil restore operations (
–restoresns or –recover ) and allows SQL Server to restore from a
snapshot or snapclone.
By default, DButil –pre and DButil –mfreeze create metadata files in the same directory where
HP DButil is running and use the following naming convention:
servername_databasename.meta
If a file of the same name already exists, it is overwritten. Also by default, DButil –restoresns
and DButil –recover automatically look for metadata files that conform to this naming convention.
Because metadata files are valid for the specific snapshot that created them and cannot be used to
restore another database or for a different backup of the same database, metadata files must be
organized and identified so that they cannot become confused. In general, it is best to accept the
default location and naming. However, if you must specify a name for the metadata files, use the
following syntax:
DButil –pre [metafilename]
Where [metafilename] is the path and name of the file for the metadata. If you specify the
metadata file when you create a snapshot, you must specify the same name in DButil –restoresns
or DButil –recover to ensure that the correct metadata is used.
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