Although the description against each qualifier listed the incompatibilities it shares with other qualifiers, all these are summarised in this section. In the description below, if X is compatible only with a set of Y action qualifiers, this means whenever X is specified in the command line, at least one of the Y action qualifiers must also be specified in the same command line or else it is an error.
file list must be asterisk (*) for /ROLLBACK
file list must not be asterisk (*) for /REDIRECT
/FORWARD is incompatible with /BACKWARD, /ROLLBACK, /SINCE, and /LOOKBACK_LIMIT
/BACKWARD is incompatible with /FORWARD, /AFTER, /CHECKTN, /NOCHAIN, and /REDIRECT
/ROLLBACK action qualifier is incompatible with /RECOVER action qualifier
/AFTER is incompatible with /RECOVER, and /ROLLBACK action qualifiers
/FETCHRESYNC or /RESYNC are compatible only with /ROLLBACK action qualifier
/LOSTTRANS is compatible only with /RECOVER, /ROLLBACK, or /EXTRACT action qualifiers
/BROKENTRANS is compatible only with /RECOVER, /ROLLBACK, or /EXTRACT action qualifiers
/REDIRECT is compatible only with /RECOVER action qualifier
/APPLY_AFTER_IMAGE is compatible only with /RECOVER, or /ROLLBACK action qualifiers
/DETAIL is compatible only with /EXTRACT action qualifier
/FULL is compatible only with /EXTRACT, /SHOW, or /VERIFY action qualifiers
Journal time qualifiers are incompatible with /ROLLBACK action qualifier
Journal selection qualifiers are incompatible with /RECOVER, /ROLLBACK, and /VERIFY action qualifiers