Introducing Arcserve Backup Agents and Options › Using Agents › Agent for Sybase › Introducing the Agent for Sybase › How the Agent Works

How the Agent Works

You must install the Agent for Sybase on the same server as the Sybase Adaptive Server. The agent communicates with the Sybase Adaptive Server in the same way as you communicate with any server.

During a backup job, the agent acts as a transporting agent. The agent uses the Sybase Adaptive Server Dump Database and Transaction backup method (more simply known as dump) to retrieve databases or log files. The agent retrieves this data in chunks, one at a time, and then writes to the Arcserve Backup. Arcserve Backup backs up the data to the designated media.

For more information about the Sybase Adaptive Server dump command, see the Sybase product documentation.