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

For more information about database verify, see Backup Verify.

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.

Procedure

  1. Start BRGUI or BRTOOLS.

  2. Choose   Backup and database copy   Verification of database backup  .

  3. Select the BRBACKUP database backup that you want to verify.

  4. 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

    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.

  5. To start the verification with the selected options, choose Continue.

  6. 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 Logs with BR*Tools.