Automatic Tape Changing (SAP Library - Database Administration (Oracle) with SAPDBA)

Automatic Tape Changing

BRBACKUP supports backup on tape devices with automatic tape changing.

Some devices with automatic tape changing require additional time to change the tape. This additional time can be taken into account by adjusting the definition of parameter rewind_offline in profile init<DBSID>.sap .

Settings (operating system specific):

Device type:

backup_dev_type = tape_auto|pipe_auto

Addresses for tape devices

tape_address = /dev/rmt/0hn

tape_address_rew = /dev/rmt/0h

Rewind set offline parameter:

rewind_offline = "mt -t $ offline && sleep 30"

Tape size:

tape_size = 1600M