The Backup Service (staservadm) can automate database backups. Once enabled, the service runs in the background and performs a routine set of processes.

Once a day, at the time you have specified, the service:

• Uses the mysqldump command to create a high-speed dump of the current STA database.
• Transfers all existing backup files to the location you have specified. This includes the following files:
  • Database dump file just created
  • Compressed STA services and WebLogic configuration directories
  • All incremental backups (binary log files) created within the last 24 hours

  These files are purged from the local STA server, but if you are doing remote backups, the Backup Service never deletes files from the external server. For remote backups, the files are compressed before being transferred to the external server.

• Opens a new binary log file to save database changes that occur from this point forward.

Periodically, at the time interval you have specified, the service closes the current binary log file and opens a new one. This step is repeated at the sleep interval specified until the next full backup.