The simplest kind of saving is when only one medium is required, providing the medium's capacity is sufficient.
Interactive Procedure:
1. Select the save action.
2. Select the medium.
3. Check the entries.
4. Start the save operation.
1. Select the Save Action (Example: Backup / Save / Data)
Select one of the save actions "data", "updated pages" up to "log segment" under the Backup / Save menu item.
A list of the defined media appears. If no media have been defined so far, they must be defined now. How this can be done is described in Section Backup / Media Manager .
Example of several defined media:
2. Select the Medium
To select the medium from the list of defined media, place the cursor on the desired medium and click on the Select button or press the 
key.
We recommend a tape (Device Type "t" or "r") as medium. However, any other medium listed in the example can also be used. Pipes should only be used along with backup tools (see Section External Backup Tools) or for ad hoc backups. Version files (Overwrite="v") can only be used along with the automatic backup of log segments.
3. Check the Entries
The screen with the selected medium definition is displayed for security reasons. Before continuing, you can check which backup is on the mounted tape by displaying the label of the backup (using the Label button).
Confirm the medium definition with Ok or the 
key. (The Cancel button can be used to cancel the save operation.)
Data can still be modified, if required, (after pressing the 
key). The Media Manager, however, does not store these changes as permanent medium definition. For
modifications of media definitions, the interrelations within the Media Manager must be considered (see Section Backup / Media Manager).
A screen is displayed containing the data for the media and the backup label.
4. Start the Save Operation
For tapes selected as media, you must now mount the tape to the tape device if this has not been done yet, because otherwise the backup will fail. Then you can confirm the screen. To start the
backup, click on the Ok button (or press the 
key).
When the backup terminates, the result protocol is displayed. As long as the backup is being performed, no other backup can be started. Only after confirming the result protocol, you can start another backup.
Batch Call:
Syntax:
Example:
xbackup -a SAVEDATA -d mydb -m DAT90
The complete description of the batch calls is included in Section Batch Mode: xbackup / xrestore.
To display the protocol file of the batch call, you can use the Backup / Show Protocol menu function.