Hello Srikanth,
It is not recommended to overwrite existing backup without archiving or moving it to a safe location.
However, In order to overwrite the existing backup - you need to specify this option while you create the medium deifinition using medium_put command
<overwrite> | Mandatory only for the backup type FILE and only for Possible values are: YES | NO If you enter YES and the file If you enter NO and the file The system default is NO. This entry is not interpreted for log backups. |
For more information use DBM command explain:
dbmcli on SIT> explain medium_put
or see MaxDB documentation (Version 7.6) or MaxDB documentation (Version 7.7) or
MaxDB documentation (Version 7.8)
Regards,
Yashwanth
