SAP offers the utility programs BRBACKUP, BRARCHIVE and BRRESTORE. Use these programs to realize the recommended backup concepts. Each of these programs has its own range of functions (backup, archiving the redo log files, restore). In addition, the BR programs also have their own utility programs, BRCONNECT and BRTOOLS. These are not called by the database user, the BR programs call them themselves for a particular task.

For more detailed information on the BR utility programs, and their own utility programs, see the relevant section: