BRRECOVER Detail Log

Definition

The detail log file contains full information about what happened during the recovery.

Use

The file displays information about the:

Relevant parameters from the initialization profile init<DBSID>.sap that were set during the BRRECOVER run
Recovery type
Menus that were displayed during the recovery and the options that you chose
BRRECOVER commands used to perform each phase of the restore and recovery, and the results
Remounting of the database
Status of the tablespaces, data files, control files, and redo log files
Names of the database files to be restored or recovered

Structure

BRRECOVER detail logs have names of the following form:

v<encoded timestamp>.<ext>

The logs are stored in the sapbackup directory.

The name consists of:

Action ID

This consists of the fixed character v and the <encoded time> that the recovery was performed.
Function ID

The suffix <ext> indicates the restore type:
- crv : complete database recovery
- dpt : database point-in-time recovery
- tpt : tablespace point-in-time recovery
- drs : whole database reset
- rif: restore of individual backup files
- alf: restore and application of offline redo log files
- drv: disaster recovery