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You can use BR*Tools for Oracle to delete database disk backups. BRBACKUP performs the deletion.

Caution Caution

Make sure that you copy disk backup files to another storage medium, such as tape, before you delete them with this procedure.

End of the caution.

Prerequisites

Make sure that you have set the necessary BRBACKUP parameters in the initialization profile init<DBSID>.sap, because BRTOOLS uses these when it calls BRBACKUP.

Procedure

  1. Start BRGUI or BRTOOLS.

  2. Choose   Backup and database copy   Additional functions   Deletion of database disk backups  .

  3. Select the BRBACKUP backup that you want to delete.

  4. Set the required options:

    Menu Entry

    Equivalent BRBACKUP

    Command Option

    BRBACKUP profile (profile)

    -p|-profile

    Database user/password (user)

    -u|-user

    BRBACKUP backup run (backup)

    -b|-backup

    Files for delete (mode)

    -m|-mode

    Confirmation mode (confirm)

    -c|-confirm

    Query mode (query)

    -q|-query

    Additional output (output)

    -o|-output

    Message language (language)

    -l|-language

    BRBACKUP command line (command)

    This shows you the BRBACKUP -db command that is to be executed using the current settings.

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

  6. You check the results in the BRBACKUP logs.

    • The summary log back<DBSID>.log displays the return code.

    • The detail log b<encoded timestamp>.ddb displays progress.

    For more information on how to view the logs, see Showing Logs with BR*Tools.