This chapter describes common database management operations such as creating database files, modifying database characteristics, database backup and restore, routine integrity checks, extracting or loading data, and optimizing performance.

GT.M uses M Peripheral Interchance Program (MUPIP) for GT.M database management, database journaling, and logical multisite replication (LMS). This chapter summarizes the MUPIP commands pertaining to GT.M database management and serves as a foundation for more advanced GT.M functionality described for Journaling and LMS.

For MUPIP commands pertaining to database journaling, refer to Chapter 6: “GT.M Journaling”.

For MUPIP commands pertaining to multisite database replication, refer to Chapter 7: “Database Replication”.

	Two MUPIP operations - INTRPT and STOP - perform process management functions. All other MUPIP operations relate to the operation of the database.