Initializing BRBACKUP Tape Volumes with BR*Tools 

Use

You can use BR*Tools for Oracle to initialize BRBACKUP tape volumes. BRBACKUP performs the initialization.

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.

Procedure

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       1.      Start BRGUI or BRTOOLS.

       2.      Choose Backup and database copy  → Additional Functions → Initialization of BRBACKUP tape volumes.

       3.      Set the required options:

Menu Entry	Equivalent BRBACKUP Command Option
BRBACKUP profile (profile)	-p|-profile
Initialization type (initialize)	-i|-initialize
Number of volumes (number)	-n|-number
Confirmation mode (confirm)	-c|-confirm
Message language (language)	-l|-language
Tape volume names (volume)	-v|-volume
BRBACKUP command line (command)	This shows you the BRBACKUP -i command that is to be executed using the current settings.

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

       5.      You check the results in the BRBACKUP logs.

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

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

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