Step 2: Storing Archive Files (SAP Library

Step 2: Storing Archive Files

Once created by the write program, archive files can be stored in various ways.

Content Management Service
If a storage system is connected to the SAP system, and the write run has completed successfully (the corresponding settings are contained in Archiving Object-Specific Customizing) the storage system is instructed to store the archive files. You can also store archive files manually.

HSM systems
If you maintain the file path of an HSM system in Customizing (transaction FILE), you don’t need to communicate with the archive system using ArchiveLink because the HSM system stores the files autonomously.
If you use an HSM system, it is sufficient to maintain the file name in Customizing (Transaction FILE). You do not then need to communicate with the storage system using the Content Management Service, because the HSM system stores the files on tertiary media according to access frequency and disk space.

Manual storage
Once the delete program has processed the relevant archive file, you can manually copy archive files to tape.