Procedure documentationInitializing BRBACKUP Tape Volumes with BR*Tools

 

You can use BR*Tools for Oracle to initialize BRBACKUP tape volumes. BRBACKUP performs the initialization.

Prerequisites

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

  • Make sure you have the right backup volumes. When you back up to tape, make sure that you have read the notes on managing and initializing the tapes. For more information, see Volume Management.

Procedure

  1. Start BRGUI or BRTOOLS.

  2. Choose Start of the navigation path Backup and database copy Next navigation step Additional Functions Next navigation step Initialization of BRBACKUP tape volumes End of the navigation path.

  3. Set the required options:

    Menu Entry

    Equivalent BRBACKUP Command Option

    BRBACKUP profile (profile)

    -p|-profile

    Initialization type (initialize)

    -i|-initialize

    Number of volumes (number)

    -n|-number

    Confirmation mode (confirm)

    -c|-confirm

    Message language (language)

    -l|-language

    Tape volume names (volume)

    -v|-volume

    BRBACKUP command line (command)

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

  4. To start the initialization with the selected options, choose Continue.

  5. You check the results in the BRBACKUP logs.

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

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

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