A server archive creates an archive (servername) file containing only the metadata for the server databases, instead of producing a pack file that contains the file system data and the metadata or a dump file that contains metadata for a single database.
The only significant advantage to server archive is that it enables incremental or even continuous online backup of the metadata.
You cannot use a server archive to upgrade to a new release of Rational® Synergy.
Archive your database servers to help prevent unexpected loss of data due to abnormal circumstances. Some examples of abnormal circumstances include:
Back up databases using the ccmdb backup command. Archive a database server only when using the ccmdb backup command is not possible or practical because of the database size.
For more information, see:
Windows: ccmdb backup
UNIX on Informix®: ccmdb backup
UNIX on Oracle: ccmdb backup