The following situations require that a new full backup is generated before any further delta or cumulative backups are run:
- The system has gone through SYSINIT and/or a full DBC restore since the most recent full backup
- The system has had an access module processor (AMP) reconfiguration or rebuild since the most recent full backup
- Any of the following changes in the backup job from the portlet, xml, or command line:
- Object list
- Data phase
- Target group (target_media)
- No sync (nosync)
- Track empty tables (track_empty_tables)
- Skip join/hash index (skip_joinhash_index)
- Limit the maximum streams per node for this job (streams_softlimit)
- Skip statistics (skip_stats)
- Query Band (query_band)
- The last full save set in the DSC repository has been removed or automatically retired
- The backup job is in the NEW state
- The backup job failed