File Storage to Storage System (SAP Library

File Storage to Storage System

Use

Here, you can specify whether an archive file is to be transferred automatically after successful processing to a connected storage system. The storage is controlled by the Content Management Service (CMS). You an also specify the sequence of the deletion and storage phases.

Prerequisites

A storage system is connected to the SAP System.

Features

To start the automatic storage of archive files, mark the checkbox Start Automatically and choose the required Content Repository.

Under Sequence, you can specify when the storage is to take place:

If you mark Delete Before Storage, the archive file is not stored until it was processed by the deletion program. If, however, the deletion program is run in test mode, automatic storage is not carried out. This option is advantageous from a performance point of view.

With this setting, you can also perform storage manually if no deletion program has been run. In this case, the system informs you that this does not match the selected sequence. You must then ensure that the file is not stored at the same time as the delete program is active.

If you mark Store Before Delete, the archive file is stored as soon as the write program has created the archive file, but still before the deletion program has edited it. The delete program can therefore only remove the contents of an archive file from the database once the archive file has been stored. The option offers enhanced backup, as the archived data is not deleted until it has been stored.

With storage before delete, you can use the checkbox Deletion Program Reads from the Storage System to control the read behavior of the deletion program during the deletion process.

Checkbox marked: After storage, the stored archive file is deleted from the file system. Consequently, during the deletion phase, the delete program reads the archive file from the storage system. This ensures that the data is only deleted from the database if it was successfully stored in the storage system.

Checkbox not marked: After storage, the archive file is not deleted from the file system This setting results in improved performance of the delete program without neglecting backup considerations.

If, in the settings for the delete program, the radio button Start Automatically is also selected, the delete program is started automatically following storage. It therefore makes no difference whether the delete program is run in test or live mode.

Similarly, if you select the radio button After Event, deletion events are scheduled, but they are not run until triggered by the event that has been set up in the settings for the delete program.