Yes, you can.

Run this command from your laptop:

gbak -b -v yourserver.com:yourdatabase yourdatabase.fbk -user sysdba -pass
masterkey

But there are more efficient ways to do remote backups. You can take a look
at duplicity, for instance.

Regards,

Fabiano.

On 7/6/07, Kurt Federspiel <federonline@...> wrote:
>
> Hi, Helen.
>
> Thanks, but it leads to another question...
>
> Can I save the backup file on my LAPTOP rather then
> the DB server?? I think I'm a bit confused by your
> reply...
>
> Kurt.
>
> > --- Helen Borrie <helebor@... <helebor%40iinet.net.au>> wrote:
> >
> > At 06:57 AM 6/07/2007, you wrote:
> > >Greets:
> > >
> > >I have a DB that is on the 'Net, and I want to back
> > >it up remotely (i.e. from my laptop). Is there an
> > >easy method (or not so easy programmatic method) to
>
> > >get this done??
> >
> > Yes. It's called the Services API.
> >
> > How "programmatic" do you want it to be?
> >
> > -- You can run gbak remotely using the
> > -se[rvice_mgr] switch and the
> > various switches that are required for remote
> > access. You need to use the login credentials of
> > either SYSDBA or the database owner. The remote
> > system user will need to have access privileges to
> > write a file (the backup) to the remote filesystem.
> > Easy.
> >
> > -- If you are using a data access layer that
> > supports the Services API you can write a utility
> > for SYSDBA or the db owner to do the same
> > thing from your own application. Easy.
> >
> > -- If you write your applications using the API
> > calls directly, then you'll already know that you
> > have to invent the wheel yourself and make the
> > appropriate calls to the Services API calls
> > yourself. Not quite so easy.
> >
> > ./heLen
> >
>
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