Compatibility with prior versions

There are some compatibility issues between dump files and Backup Server. Table 12-12 indicates the dump file formats that can be loaded by your currently running version and previous versions of local Backup Servers.

Table 12-12: Server for local operations

New dump file format

Old dump file format

Current version of server

Yes

Yes

Earlier version of server

No

Yes

Table 12-13 and Table 12-14 indicate the dump file formats that can be loaded by the current and prior versions of remote Backup Servers. In a remote Backup Server scenario, the master server is the Backup Server on the same machine as the database and Adaptive Server, and the slave server is the Backup Server on the same remote machine as the archive device.

Table 12-13 indicates the load operations that work when master server is the current version of Backup Server.

Table 12-13: New version of master server

New dump file format

Old dump file format

New slave version of server

Yes

Yes

Prior slave version of server

No

Yes

Table 12-14 indicates the load operations that work when the master server is a prior version.

Table 12-14: Prior version of master server

New dump file format

Old dump file format

New slave version of server

No

Yes

Prior slave version of server

No

Yes