Non-Database Backup with BR*Tools 

Use

You can use BR*Tools for Oracle to perform a non-database backup of specified files. BRBACKUP performs the backup.

Prerequisites

·        Make sure you have set the necessary BRBACKUP parameters in the initialization profile init<DBSID>.sap, because BRTOOLS uses these when it calls BRBACKUP.

·        Make sure you have the right backup volumes. When you back up to tape, make sure that you have read the notes on managing and initializing the tapes. For more information, see Volume Management.

·        Allow enough time for the backup. Hardware compression can halve the backup time.

Procedure

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       1.      Start BRGUI or BRTOOLS.

       2.      Choose Backup and database copy  → Non-database backup.

       3.      Set the required options:

Menu Entry	Equivalent BRBACKUP Command Option
BRBACKUP profile (profile)	-p|-profile
Backup device type (device)	-d|-device
Tape volumes for backup (volume)	-v|-volume
BACKINT/ Mount profile (parfile)	-r|-parfile
Database user/password (user)	-u|-user
Backup type (type)	-t|-type
Files for backup (mode)	m|-mode
Confirmation mode (confirm)	-c|-confirm
Query mode (query)	-q|-query
Compression mode (compress)	-k|-compress
Verification mode (verify)	-w|-verify
Fill-up previous backups (fillup)	-f|-fillup
Parallel execution (execute)	-e|-execute
Additional output (output)	-o|-output
Message language (language)	-l|-language
BRBACKUP command line (command)	This shows you the BRBACKUP -m command that is to be executed using the current settings.

       4.      To start processing with the selected options, choose Continue.

       5.      Check the results in the BRBACKUP logs.

¡        The summary log back<DBSID>.logdisplays the return code.

¡        The detail log b<encoded timestamp>.rsb displays the progress.

For more information on how to view the logs, see Showing Logs with BR*Tools.