MarkLogic 12 EA 1 Product Documentation
xdmp.startJournalArchiving

xdmp.startJournalArchiving(
   forestIDs as (Number|String)[],
   journal-archive-path as String,
   [lag-limit as (Number|String)?]
) as null

Starts journal archiving to the specified list of forests.

Parameters
forestIDs	A sequence of forest IDs.
journal-archive-path	Path to 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 15.

This operation requires at least one of the following privileges:

http://marklogic.com/xdmp/privileges/xdmp-database-backup

http://marklogic.com/xdmp/privileges/xdmp-database-backup/database/{id}

xdmp.startJournalArchiving(
    xdmp.databaseForests(xdmp.database("Documents")),"/backups/Data",500);

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