A backup record is formatted as follows:

Record type,database,date,time,online indicator,buseq,backup-date,
      backup-time,[incr-seq,]aiseq,backupset-name,target-count,
      backup-targets

The table below describes each field of a backup record.

Table 1. Format of a backup record in the archive log file
Field Value Current field position
Record type Backup indicator record values are:
  • 0032 — Full backup
  • 0033 — Incremental backup
 1
database Name of the database 2
date Date the backup record was written to the archive log file in YYYYMMDD format 3
time Time the backup record was written to the archive log file in HHMMSS format 4
online indicator Online indicator; possible values are:
  • 0 — offline
  • 1 — online
 5
buseq Backup sequence number of the backup 6
backup-date Date that the backup was started for the database in YYYYMMDD format 7
backup-time Date that the backup was started for the database in HHMMSS format 8
incr-seq For incremental backups only, the incremental backup sequence number; if a full backup, this field is omitted 9 (for 0033)
aiseq AI extent sequence number, with leading zeros (number of AI extents since last AIMAGE BEGIN) 9 (for 0032)

10 (for 0033)
backupset-name The backup set name—the format is BACKUP_SET_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS where the date and time components reflect the backup-date and backup-time values 10 (for 0032)

11 (for 0033)
target-count Number of backup target files 11 (for 0032)

12 (for 0033)
backup-targets Comma separated list of backup target names 12 (for 0032)

13 (for 0033)