Directory Structure (Windows NT) 

The directory ORACLE_HOME contains, amongst others:

File name/Directories

File type/Directories

database\init<SID>.ora

ORACLE profile

database\init<SID>.sap

BRBACKUP, BRARCHIVE, BRRESTORE profile

database\init<SID>.dba

SAPDBA profile

bin\svrmgr30

SVRMGR from ORACLE

 

The directory SAPDATA_HOME contains, amongst others:

\sapreorg


<timestamp>

Directory for export and unload dump files,
Buffer for compress from BRBACKUP

Directory for files and scripts

<timestamp>.<ext>

detailed log files

\sapcheck

<timestamp>.chk

detailed log file for results from SAPDBA runs with the option -check

<timestamp>.aly

detailed log file for results from SAPDBA runs with the option -analyze

<timestamp>.nxt

detailed log file for results from SAPDBA runs with the option -next

\sapbackup

back<SID>.log

Directory for any backups to disk

Summary log

b<encoded timestamp>.<ext>

detailed log files

\saparch

arch<SID>.log

Directory for the Oracle offline redo log files.

Summary log

a<encoded timestamp>.<ext>

detailed log files

\saptrace

background

Directory for the Oracle alert files and trace files for the background processes.

usertrace

Directory for Oracle trace files from application programs.

\sapdata1,....\sapdata<n>

Directories for the database data files

 

The directory for backups to disk (SAPDATA_HOME\sapbackup) is defined via the init<SID>.sap parameter backup_root_dir ;
the directory for export and unload dump files (SAPDATA_HOME\sapreorg) via the init<SID>.dba parameter exireo_dumpdir and
the directory for the Oracle offline redo log files (SAPDATA_HOME\saparch) via the init<SID>.ora- parameter log_archive_dest .

 

See also:

Directory Tree (Windows NT)