New Features in SAP BR*Tools 7.00

There are the following new features in SAP BR*Tools 7.00:

• BRSPACE function recreate database

• Online conversion from LONG and LONG RAW fields to CLOB and BLOB, enabling all SAP tables to be subsequently reorganized online. For more information, see SAP Note 646681 .

• Tablespace renaming (Oracle 10g) in Altering a Tablespace with BR*Tools supported

• Shrink segment feature (Oracle 10g) in Altering Tables with BR*Tools and Altering Indexes with BR*Tools supported

• Backup verify enhancements

• Rebuild of NOLOGGING indexes after recovery, as described in Restore and Recovery

• BRCONNECT check condition CRITICAL_TABLESPACE, as described in BRCONNECT Default Conditions for Database Administration

• Parameters and options for BR*Tools:

  • init<DBSID>.sap parameters pipe_copy_cmd and archive_dupl_del

  • Backup and restore modes partial, non_db, and incr_all, as described in BRBACKUP -m|-mode

  • Disk mirror split with BRBACKUP -q split

  • BRCONNECT options stop|suspend|resume for BRCONNECT -f stats -u

  • "Secure copy command" scp in init<DBSID>.sap parameter stage_copy_cmd