1. A method for backup of 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, the method comprising: creating one or more new target database images for each of a group of backup datasets, wherein the backup datasets include data from the one or more source databases; registering a client with the application server, wherein the client is installed on a backup host, the client storing 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; modifying 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; and receiving 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; utilizing each said seed document to send 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.
1. A method for backup of 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, the method comprising: creating one or more new target database images for each of a group of backup datasets, wherein the backup datasets include data from the one or more source databases; registering a client with the application server, wherein the client is installed on a backup host, the client storing 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; modifying 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; and receiving 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; utilizing each said seed document to send 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. 4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said updating comprises synchronizing the new target database images with data from the source databases excluding at least a portion of the data specified in the information used to modify the seed document.