SAPDBA: Backup Offline Redo Logs: Special Options 

In the submenu Special options you can choose other functions for archiving the offline redo log files:

a

- Confirm archive parameters

no

b

- Compress

hardware

c

- Verification after backup

no

e

- Enter password interactively

no

f

- Append database backup

  

h

- Apply logs into standby DB

don’t apply

I

- Language

English

q

- Return

  

– no: Some of the confirmation messages of BRBACKUP are suppressed (default) (see -c|-confirm).

– yes: All the confirmation messages are displayed.

– no: No compression (default).

– yes: Software compression.

– hardware: Set this option if your tape device can perform hardware compression.

– no: No verification (default).

– yes: Verification. You can use this function to check the readability and the completeness of the backup of the offline redo log files (see -w|-verify).

– no: You cannot enter the password interactively (default).

– yes: You must enter the password interactively. In this case, the password does not appear in the process list, nor is it visible on the screen when entered.

– no: Backup of the offline redo log files using BRARCHIVE.

– yes: After the offline redo log files have been backed up with BRARCHIVE, a database backup is made with BRBACKUP. Use the menu option Configure database backup to make other settings for the database backup, (see SAPDBA: Backup Database). Any options that do not need to be set are hidden (for example, Backup device type, Backup volume(s), and so on).

See also BRBACKUP and BRARCHIVE Backups in One Run

– no: If you do not have a standby database, or if you do not want to import the redo log files into the standby database (default).

– <n>: BRARCHIVE waits for this period of time (minutes) before it imports the redo log files into the standby database (see -m|-modify).

– English: BRARCHIVE messages appear in English (default).

– Deutsch: BRARCHIVE messages appear in German.