Procedure documentationVerifying a Database Backup with BR*Tools

 

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

For more information about database verify, see Backup Verification.

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 Start of the navigation path Backup and database copy Next navigation step Verification of database backup End of the navigation path.

  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

    Recovery interval (interval)

    -i|-interval

    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 Profiles and Logs with BR*Tools.