11. A computer readable medium storing computer instructions that are executable by a processor to: create one or more new target database images for each of a group of backup datasets, wherein the backup datasets include data from one or more source databases associated with an application server operating on a first host, wherein at least one of the one or more source databases is hosted on a remote source host separate from the first host; register a client with the application server, wherein the client is installed on a backup host and is configured to: store a seed document in each of the one or more new target database images, wherein said seed documents are Lotus® replication notes and said replication request is a Lotus® replication request; and modify each seed document to specify which portions of a backup dataset in said group are to be stored in each corresponding new target database image; receive a backup request; in response to determining the backup request corresponds to an incremental backup request: sending a replication request to said client, the replication request including a formula that indicates which data should be replicated; the client activating each seed document in said one or more new target database images, wherein said activating comprises conveying a filter to each said seed document; each said seed document sending a selective replication request based upon parameters of the filter to a given server responsive to the seed document being activated; and the given server replicating a filtered portion of each database for which a replication request is received, thereby updating said one or more new target database images, wherein archive logging is not used for replication.
11. A computer readable medium storing computer instructions that are executable by a processor to: create one or more new target database images for each of a group of backup datasets, wherein the backup datasets include data from one or more source databases associated with an application server operating on a first host, wherein at least one of the one or more source databases is hosted on a remote source host separate from the first host; register a client with the application server, wherein the client is installed on a backup host and is configured to: store a seed document in each of the one or more new target database images, wherein said seed documents are Lotus® replication notes and said replication request is a Lotus® replication request; and modify each seed document to specify which portions of a backup dataset in said group are to be stored in each corresponding new target database image; receive a backup request; in response to determining the backup request corresponds to an incremental backup request: sending a replication request to said client, the replication request including a formula that indicates which data should be replicated; the client activating each seed document in said one or more new target database images, wherein said activating comprises conveying a filter to each said seed document; each said seed document sending a selective replication request based upon parameters of the filter to a given server responsive to the seed document being activated; and the given server replicating a filtered portion of each database for which a replication request is received, thereby updating said one or more new target database images, wherein archive logging is not used for replication. 12. The computer readable medium as recited in claim 11 , wherein the instructions are further executable by a processor to create separately stored new target database images for each backup dataset of the group, wherein at least one of said one or more new target database images is created on a target host that is remote from the application server.