ASA Database Administration Guide
Backup and Data Recovery
Designing backup procedures
All the types of backup described above are image backups. The backup copy of each file is also a file. To make backups to tape using an image backup, you have to take each backup copy and put it on tape using a disk backup utility.
You can carry out direct backup to a tape drive using an archive backup. Archive backups are always full backups. An archive backup makes copies of both the database file and the transaction log, but these copies are placed into a single file.
You can make archive backups using the BACKUP statement. For information, see Backing up a database directly to tape, and BACKUP statement.
You can restore the backup using the RESTORE statement. For information, see Restoring an archive backup, and RESTORE DATABASE statement.