Exporting Tables with BR*Tools

You can use BR*Tools for Oracle to export tables to an operating system file.

Note Note

This section describes how you export tables with BR*Tools.

For more information on the approach to table export, see Export/Import.

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Note Note

Do not use this procedure for the transport of database objects between databases.

Do not use this procedure for restore.

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Procedure

Start the procedure using BRGUI or BRTOOLS, or from the command line:

BRGUI or BRTOOLS:

Choose Segment Management Export tables .
BRGUI or BRTOOLS displays the menu BRSPACE options for export tables, where you specify the options with which you call BRSPACE.

Set the required options:

Menu Entry	Equivalent BRSPACE Command Option
BRSPACE profile (profile)	-p\|-profile
Database user/password (user)	-u\|-user
Export utility (utility)	-f tbexport -l\|-utility
Tablespace names (tablespace)	-f tbexport -s\|-tablespaces
Table owner (owner)	-f tbexport -o\|-owner
Table names (table)	-f tbexport -t\|-tables
Export dump directory	-f tbexport -u\|-dumpdir
Confirmation mode (confirm)	-c\|-confirm
Extended output (output)	-o\|-output
Scrolling line count (scroll)	-s\|-scroll
Message language (language)	-l\|-language
BRSPACE command line (command)	This shows you the BRSPACE -f tbexport command that is to be executed using the current settings.

Note Note

If required, in Table names you can enter the names of multiple tables. You can use wildcards. For more information, see Selecting Objects in Segment Management with BR*Tools.

In Tablespace names and Table owner, you can specify multiple objects but you cannot use wildcards. BRSPACE processes all the tables in the specified tablespace name(s) or all tables belonging to the specified table owner(s). But these entries are optional.

You can also specify the dump directory using the parameter exp_dump_dir in the initialization profile init<DBSID>.sap, but the entry you make on the screen overwrites the profile parameter.

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You can also specify a list of tables to be processed with exp_table in the initialization profile init<DBSID>.sap.

Choose Continue.
BRGUI or BRTOOLS prompts you to start BRSPACE.
Choose Continue to start BRSPACE.

Command line:
Enter at least the following command:

brspace -f tbexport

You can enter more parameters, including the table names, if required. For more information, see BRSPACE -f -tbexport.

Whichever way you start the procedure – with BRGUI or BRTOOLS, or from the command line – you can use quick mode if you know the final object names, in this case the table names. For more information, see How to Use BR*Tools.

BRSPACE starts and you see a message that includes Start of BRSPACE processing. From now on, BRSPACE writes a detail log.

If you have already entered the table names, continue with step 5 (quick mode).

Note

If you have entered multiple tables, BRSPACE displays as confirmation a List of tables for export. If you have not already made a final selection, you can make a selection from this list.

Continue with step 5 (quick mode).

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BRSPACE displays the Export tables main menu.

Choose Export tables.

BRSPACE displays the table list:

List Entry	Meaning
Pos.	List sequence number
Owner	Table owner
Table	Table name
Part.	Partitioned
Rows	Number of rows
Used [KB]	Space used by the table (HWM – high-water mark)
Data [KB:%]	Amount of data in the table: percentage of used space

Select a table or multiple tables.

Example
These examples only apply to input in character mode:

To select the first three tables in the list, enter 1-3.

To select the first and third tables, enter 1,3.

To select the first three tables and the fifth, enter 1-3,5.

To select all tables, select 0.

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BRSPACE displays the menu, Main options for export of tables.

Set the required options:

Menu Entry	Meaning
Export utility (utility) – display only	Oracle export utility to be used: EXP or EXPDP
Tablespaces for export (tablespaces) – display only	The tablespace that you selected above, if any
Owners for export (owner) – display only	The table owner that you selected above, if any
Export table rows (rows)	-f tbexport -r\|-rows
Export table indexes (indexes)	-f tbexport -i\|-indexes
Export table constraints (constraints)	-f tbexport -c\|-constraints
Export table grants (grants)	-f tbexport -g\|-grants
Export table triggers (triggers)	-f tbexport -t\|-triggers

When you have set the required options, choose Continue

BRSPACE displays the menu, Additional options for export of tables.

Menu Entry	Meaning
Use direct path (direct)	-f tbexport -d\|-direct (only for EXP)
Export buffer size in KB (buffer)	-f tbexport -b\|-buffer (only for EXP)
Compress table extents/data (compress)	-f tbexport -m\|-compress
Consistent export (consistent)	-f tbexport -n\|-consistent
Parallel degree (parallel)	-f tbexport -p\|-parallel (only for EXPDP)
Max. size of dump file in MB (filesize)	-f tbexport -z\|-filesize
Force table export (force)	-f tbexport -f\|-force
EXP/EXPDP command (command)	The EXP/EXPDP command that is to be executed using the current settings. For more information, see your Oracle documentation.

To start processing with the selected options, choose Continue.

Result

Check the results in the BRSPACE logs.

The summary log space<DBSID>.log displays the return code.

The detail log s<encoded timestamp>.tbe displays the details.

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

These files are created during the export:

The export dump file, expdat.dmp, is created in subdirectory <encoded timestamp>.edd of the dump directory.
The parameter file parfile.exp is created in subdirectory <encoded timestamp> of the directory $SAPDATA_HOME/sapreorg. It contains the parameters for the Oracle export tool, EXP/EXPDP.

More Information

Special Export and Import Functions with BRSPACE