Copying the Database with BR* Tools 

Use

You can use BR*Tools for Oracle to copy the database. BRBACKUP performs the database copy.

Prerequisites

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

Procedure

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       1.      Start BRGUI or BRTOOLS.

       2.      Choose Backup and database copy  → Database copy.

       3.      Set the required options:

Menu Entry	Equivalent BRBACKUP Command Option
BRBACKUP profile (profile)	-p|-profile
Backup device type (device)	-d|-device
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
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 -d disk_copy or stage_copy command that is to be executed using the current settings.

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

       5.      Check the results in the BRBACKUP logs.

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

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

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