Wait=n Nowait Specifies whether the backup operation should wait (the Wait qualifier) or terminate (the Nowait qualifier) when it encounters a journal that is not ready to be backed up. The value specified for the Wait qualifier is the time interval in seconds between attempts to back up the journal that was not ready. The Wait or Nowait qualifier can only be specified if the Sequence qualifier is also specified. When the Wait qualifier is specified, the default value for the time interval is 60 seconds. The default is the Nowait qualifier.