
MarkLogic 10 Product Documentation
admin.databaseWeeklyIncrementalBackupadmin.databaseWeeklyIncrementalBackup(
   backup-dir as String,
   backup-period as Number,
   days as String[],
   start-time as (Number|String),
   backup-security-db as Boolean,
   backup-schemas-db as Boolean,
   backup-triggers-db as Boolean,
   [include-replicas as Boolean],
   [incremental-dir as String?],
   [purge-journal-archive as Boolean?],
   [journal-archiving as Boolean],
   [journal-archive-path as String],
   [lag-limit as (Number|String)]
) as element(db.databaseBackup)
Summary
This function constructs a weekly scheduled incremental backup specification.
	  
	  
	
	  
	    | Parameters | 
	  
	
	  
	    | backup-dir | 
	    
	The directory where the full backup is located. | 
	  
	  
	    | backup-period | 
	    
	How many weeks between each backup. | 
	  
	  
	    | days | 
	    
	The day(s) of the week. Must be a sequence of zero
        or more of monday, tuesday,
        wednesday, thursday,
        friday, saturday,
        sunday. | 
	  
	  
	    | start-time | 
	    
	A time for the scheduled incremental backup to start. | 
	  
	  
	    | backup-security-db | 
	    
	Whether to backup the security database alongside the
        current incremental backup. | 
	  
	  
	    | backup-schemas-db | 
	    
	Whether to backup the schemas database alongside the
        current incremental backup. | 
	  
	  
	    | backup-triggers-db | 
	    
	Whether to backup the triggers database alongside the
        current incremental backup. | 
	  
	  
	    | include-replicas | 
	    
	If set to false, do not include the replicas in
	the incremental backup.  The default is true, which means to
	include all replicas in the incremental backup. | 
	  
	  
	    | incremental-dir | 
	    
        The directory in which to save the incremental backup.  | 
	  
	  
	    | purge-journal-archive | 
	    
        Whether or not to purge journal archive after incremental backup is performed.
        Defaults to false | 
	  
	  
	    | journal-archiving | 
	    
	Whether or not to enable journal archiving. Defaults to false. | 
	  
	  
	    | journal-archive-path | 
	    
	Path for where archived journals are stored. Defaults to the backup data directory. | 
	  
	  
	    | lag-limit | 
	    
	Maximum difference in seconds that the archived journal can lag behind its forest's active journal.
        Defaults to 900. | 
	  
	
Example
const admin = require('/MarkLogic/admin.xqy');
 admin.databaseWeeklyIncrementalBackup("/backupDir", 2, "thursday",
        xs.time("09:45:00"),"true","true","true")
   //returns the weekly incremental backup specification 
    
  
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