Backup names

The backup name is a string that consists of the following components. These components are separated by a delimiter that is specified by the character that precedes the "C" at the end of the backup image name.

1 - Named instances are formatted as host\instance-name. The default instance is the name of the host machine.

2 - The object types are as follows:

db

database

inc

database differential

trx

transaction log

fg

filegroup

fdg

filegroup differential

fil

file

3 - The name of the file or filegroup if the object type is a file or filegroup; otherwise the symbol ~ is used.

4- The blocksize is specified as 256 kilobytes bytes * 2 blocksize.

5 - Stripes are specified as <stripe number>of<total stripes>. non-striped backups are always 001of001. For striped backups, <total stripes> is the total number of stripes for the backup. <stripe number> is the count number of the backup for that backup, starting with 001.

6 - The format of the timestamp is YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.

7 - The character that immediately precedes the version indicator is the delimiter, which by default is a period. However, if a period is used in any of the fields, the delimiter may be another character. "C" is for NetBackup 3.4.1 and higher.