[database]

Name of the database to back up. If you do not supply a database name, vbr selects the current database to back up.

OpenText recommends that you provide a database name.

Boolean, specifies whether vbr prompts for a password. If set to false (no prompt at runtime), then the dbPassword parameter in the password configuration file must provide the password; otherwise, vbr prompts for one at runtime.

As a best practice, set dbPromptForPassword to false if dbUseLocalConnection is set to true.

Default: true

Identifies the Vertica user that performs vbr operations on the database operations. In the case of replicate tasks, this user is the source database user. You must be logged on as the database administrator to back up the database. The user password can be stored in the dbPassword parameter of the password configuration file; otherwise, vbr prompts for one at runtime.

Default: Current user name

Boolean, specifies whether vbr accesses the target database over a local connection with the user's Vertica password. If dbUseLocalConnection is enabled, vbr can operate on a local database without the user password being set in the vbr configuration. vbr ignores the passwordFile parameter and any settings in the password configuration file, including dbPassword.

If dbUseLocalConnection is enabled, then an authentication method must be granted to vbr users—typically a dbadmin—where method type is set to trust, and access is set to local:

=> CREATE AUTHENTICATION h1 method 'trust' local;
=> GRANT AUTHENTICATION h1 to dbadmin;

Default: false