Backing Up the Offline Redo Log Files with BR*Tools

You can use BR*Tools to back up the offline redo log files. BRARCHIVE performs the backup.

Note Note

The offline redo log files are called the archivelogs in the BRTOOLS menus to save space.

End of the note.

Make sure the database is running in ARCHIVELOG mode. For more information, see Setting Up Archiving.
Make sure you have set the necessary BRARCHIVE parameters in the initialization profile init<DBSID>.sap, because BRTOOLS uses these when it calls BRARCHIVE.
Make sure you have the right backup volumes. When you back up to tape, make sure that you have read the notes on managing and initializing the tapes. For more information, see Volume Management.
Allow enough time for the backup. Hardware compression can halve the backup time.

Set the required options:

Menu Entry	Equivalent BRARCHIVE Command Option
BRARCHIVE profile (profile)	-p\|-profile
BRARCHIVE function (function)	-s\|-sc\|-ds\|-dc\|-sd\|-scd\|-ss\|-ssd\|-cs\|-cds
Backup device type (device)	-d\|-device
Tape volume for backup (volume)	-v\|-volume
BACKINT/Mount profile (parfile)	-r\|-parfile
Database user/password (user)	-u\|-user
Maximum number of files (number)	-n\|-number
Back up disk backup (archive)	-a\|-archive
Confirmation mode (confirm)	-c\|-confirm
Query mode (query)	-q\|-query
Compression mode (compress)	-k\|-compress
Verification mode (verify)	-w\|-verify
Fill mode, group size (fill)	-f\|-fill
Modify mode, delay apply (modify)	-m\|-modify
Additional output (output)	-o\|-output
Message language (language)	-l\|-language
BRARCHIVE command line (command)	This shows you the BRARCHIVE command that is to be executed using the current settings.

To start processing with the selected options, choose Continue.
Check the results in the BRARCHIVE logs.
- The summary log arch<DBSID>.log displays the backed up archive log files and the return code.
- The detail log a<encoded timestamp>.<ext> displays progress.
For more information on how to view the logs, see Showing Logs with BR*Tools.