Command Options for BRBACKUP 
Command Options for BRBACKUP
You can start the SAP utility BRBACKUP without command options. If no values to the contrary have been configured in initialization profile init<DBSID>.sap, BRBACKUP will start an offline complete backup to a local tape device, with a storage capacity of 1200 MB and no file compression.
See
Initialization Profile init<DBSID>.sap.For more information on the SAP utility BRBACKUP, refer to
Using BRBACKUP and BRARCHIVE.If you use BRBACKUP with command options, these override the corresponding values in the initialization profile. To use the options, you can specify either letter indicated or the complete word.
brbackup
[-a|-archive [<bra_options>]]
[-b|-backup <log_name>|last
[-c|-confirm [force]]
[-d|-device tape|disk|disk_copy|disk_standby|pipe|tape_auto|pipe_auto|
tape_box|pipe_box|util_file|util_file_online]
[-e|-execute <number>]
[-f|-fillup <log name1>[<log name2>,..]|
<No. of days>|last]
[-h|-help [version]]
[-i|-initialize [force|show]]
[-k|-compress no|yes|hardware|only]
[-l|-language E|D]
[-m|-mode all|<tablespace_name>|all_data|<file_ID>|<file_ID1>-<file_ID2>|
<generic_path>|<object list>]|sap_dir|ora_dir]
[-n|-number <number of tapes>]
[-o|-output dist|time[,time|dist]]
[-p|-profile <profile>]
[-q|-query [check]]
[-r|-parfile <parameter_file>]
[-t|-type online|online_cons|offline|offline_force|
offline_standby|offline_stop|online_split|offline_split]
[-u|-user [<user>[/<password>]]]
[-v|-volume <volume>|<volume list>|SCRATCH]
[-w|-verify]