Timestamps (in the form of a transaction number) a database file to mark a reference point for subsequent bytestream, database, or custom backup (SANS or disk mirror) protocols. Even though -DATABASE and -BYTESTREAM both mark their own relative timestamps, -RECORD provides an additional timestamp option. MUPIP FREEZE also provides the -RECORD qualifier because a FREEZE may be used to set the database up for a SAN or disk-mirror based backup mechanism.
The format of the RECORD qualifier is:
-R[ECORD]
Use -RECORD (with the hypen) to timpestamp a refererence point and use RECORD as a keyword (as in -SINCE=RECORD) to specific the starting point for a MUPIP BACKUP operation.
-RECORD replaces the previously RECORDed transaction identifier for the database file.