There are the following new features in SAP Web Application Server (SAP Web AS) Release 6.20:
BR*Tools now supports Oracle 9i.
RMAN backup without BACKINT:
Update statistics for partitioned tables with BRCONNECT:
SAP Note 424243
Update statistics for InfoCube tables with BRCONNECT:
BRCONNECT support for Oracle monitoring in SAP Transaction RZ20:
Monitoring the Oracle Database, especially Database Health Alerts
SAP Note 483659
New command options and initialization profile parameters
Command Options for BRCONNECT:
-o|-output: new option process
-f stats: new options -f nocasc and -v index_store|cascade_store
-f next: new option -f nocasc
Initialization profile parameters:
check_exclude: new values non_sap and all_part
next_exclude: new value all_part
next_special: new value all_sel
stats_table: new value all_ind
SAPDBA support for online reorganization of single tables
SAPDBA now supports online reorganization based on the Oracle internal PL/SQL functions.
SAPDBA support for LOB columns
SAPDBA now supports the reorganization of tables with all types of large object (LOB) columns. Large objects are recreated with the same physical characteristics as before the reorganization.