There are the following new features in SAP NetWeaver 7.0:
Note
You can already find these new features in higher patch levels of BR*Tools 6.40.
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