New Features in SAP BR*Tools 7.10

There are the following new features in SAP BR*Tools 7.10:

• BR*Tools Studio, released in mid-2008

• Verification of database and archive log files with RMAN

  See SAP Note 1016173 for details of the changes, which affect the following sections:

  • Backup Verify

  • BRARCHIVE -w|-verify use_rmv|first_rmv|only_rmv

  • BRBACKUP -w|-verify use_rmv|only_rmv

  • BRRESTORE -w|-verify use_rmv

• Support for Oracle Data Pump in BRSPACE

  See SAP Note 976435 for details of the changes, which affect the following sections:

  • BRSPACE -f tbexport

  • BRSPACE -f tbimport

  • Special Import and Export Functions

• Administration of database statistics with BRSPACE

  See SAP Note 1033125 for details of the changes, which affect the following sections:

  • Managing Database Statistics with BRTools

  • BRSPACE -f mstats

• RMAN support for split-mirror and standby-database backup, and support for split-mirror backup of a standby database

  See SAP Note 968507 for details of the changes, which affect the following sections:

  • RMAN-Relevant Profile Parameters

  • Split Mirror Backup

  • Split Mirror Backup: Software Configuration

  • Standby Database

  • init<DBSID>.sap parameters:

    • backup_type

    • standby_db

    • disk_copy_cmd

    • post_shut_cmd

    • post_split_cmd

    • pre_shut_cmd

    • pre_split_cmd,

• Support for RMAN save sets with disk backups

  See SAP Note 1101530 for details of the changes, which affect the following sections:

  • disk_copy_cmd

  • rman_compress

• Automatic handling of Oracle 10g RAC Cluster Services

  See SAP Note 1033126 for details of the changes, which affect db_services.

• Improvements to handling of database statistics

  See SAP Notes 892296 , 865366 , and 863811 for details of the changes, which affect the following sections:

  • Update Statistics

  • Sample sizes for update statistics

  • BRCONNECT -f stats

  • init<DBSID>.sap parameters:

    • stats_bucket_count

    • stats_dbms_stats

    • stats_sample_size

    • stats_table

• Improvements to table reorganization and index rebuild

  See SAP Notes 1016172 , and 1080376 for details of the changes, which affect the following sections:

  • Reorganization

  • Reorganizing Tables with BR*Tools

  • Rebuilding Indexes with BR*Tools

  • BRSPACE -f tbreorg -r|-sortind -m|-mode online|offline

  • BRSPACE -f idrebuild -m|-mode online|offline

• Various new options and parameters

  SAP Note 1060696 for details of the changes, which affect the following sections:

  • BRCONNECT

    • -f dbstate

    • -f dbstart

    • -f dbshut

    • -f crsyn

    • -f chpass

    • -f check

  • BRRESTORE -i|-interval

  • BRSPACE:

    • -f tbreorg

    • -f idrebuild

    • -q|-query

  • init<DBSID>.sap parameters:

    • stats_special

    • check_cond

    • db_services

    • rman_compress

    • man_maxcorrupt

• Flashback database

  See SAP Notes 1125923 , 966073 , and 966117 for details of the changes, which affect the following sections:

  • Managing Flashback Database with BR*Tools

  • Performing Flashback Database

  • Database Point-In-Time Recovery with BR*Tools

  • Whole Database Reset with BR*Tools

  • -f mfback

• Abort of archive, backup, or restore

  See SAP Note 1129197 for details of the changes, which affect:

  • Abort of archive, backup, or restore

  • brarchive -g|-abort

  • brbackup -g|-abort

  • brrestore -g|-abort