Verifying a Database Backup with BR*Tools

Prerequisites

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

Context

You can use BR*Tools for Oracle to verify a database backup. BRRESTORE performs the verify.

For more information about database verify, see Backup Verification.

Procedure

Start BRGUI or BRTOOLS.
Choose Backup and database copy Verification of database backup .
Select the BRBACKUP database backup that you want to verify.

Set the required options:

Menu Entry	Equivalent BRRESTORE Command Option
BRRESTORE profile (profile)	-p\|-profile
BRBACKUP backup run (backup)	-b\|-backup\|b1\|backup1
Verification device type (device)	-d\|-device
BACKINT/ Mount profile (parfile)	-r\|-parfile
Database user /password (user)	-u\|-user
Recovery interval (interval)	-i\|-interval
Verification mode (verify)	-w\|-verify
Files for verification (mode)	-m\|-mode
Confirmation mode (confirm)	-c\|-confirm
Query mode (query)	-q\|-query
Compression mode (compress)	-k\|-compress
Parallel execution (execute)	-e\|-execute
Additional output (output)	-o\|-output
Message language (language)	-l\|-language
BRRESTORE command line (command)	This shows you the BRRESTORE -b -w command that is to be executed using the current settings.

To start the verification with the selected options, choose Continue.
Check the results in the BRRESTORE logs.
- The summary log rest<DBSID>.log displays the return code.
- The detail log r<encoded timestamp>.rsb displays progress.
For more information on how to view the logs, see Showing Profiles and Logs with BR*Tools.