A dictionary only archive just archives the Teradata Database dictionary rows that are needed to define a database or table. No table data is archived. When using the multi-stream feature, a dictionary archive must be run as a single-stream job.
Examples
LOGON USER,PASSWORD; ARCHIVE DICTIONARY TABLES (USERDB), FILE=DBDICT; LOGOFF; LOGON USER,PASSWORD; ARCHIVE DICTIONARY TABLES (USERDB.USERTB), FILE=TBDICT; LOGOFF;