Save your server while it is active

The save-while-active function allows you to use your server during all or part of the save process, that is, save your server while it is active.

You can use the save-while-active function, along with your other backup and recovery procedures, to reduce or eliminate your outage for particular save operations. The amount of time during the backup process that you cannot use the server is the save-outage time. The save-while-active function allows you to use your server during all or part of the save process, that is, save your server while it is active. This allows you to reduce or eliminate your save-outage time. In contrast, other save functions allow no access, or only allow read access, to the objects as you are saving them.

• Save-while-active and your backup and recovery strategy
  How your save-while-active function fits into your backup and recovery strategy depends on whether you will reduce or eliminate your save-outage time. These pages contain information to help you decide how you will use the save-while-active function. It also contains pages with technical descriptions of the save-while-active function.
• Reducing save-outage time: Overview
  This information tells you what happens when you use the save-while-active function to reduce your save-outage time.
• Eliminating save-outage time: Overview
  This information tells you what happens when you use the save-while-active function to eliminate your save-outage time.
• Parameters for the save-while-active function
  Use these options to specify how you will use the save-while-active function.
• Reduce your save-outage time
  Use the save-while-active function to reduce your save-outage time. This is the easiest way to use the save-while-active function.
• Eliminate your save-outage time
  Use the save-while-active function to eliminate your save-outage time.