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Use

You can use SAPDBA for Oracle to back up the offline redo log files. For more information, see Backup of the Offline Redo Log Files with SAPDBA.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Choose Backup Offline Redo Logs.
  2. Choose Archive function and choose the required function:
  3. Archive Function

    Meaning

    Save (default)

    Performs a normal backup of any offline redo log files that have not yet been backed up

    Second copy

    Performs a normal backup with a second copy

    Double save (parallel)

    Performs a normal backup with a second copy to two tape devices in parallel

    Save and delete

    Performs a normal backup and then deletes the offline redo log files that have been backed up

    Second copy and delete

    Performs a normal backup with a second copy and then deletes the offline redo log files that have been backed up.

    Double save and delete

    Performs a normal backup with a second copy to two tape devices in parallel and then deletes the offline redo log files that have been backed up

    Delete saved

    Deletes the offline redo log files that have already been backed up (the oldest backed-up offline redo log files are deleted first).

    Delete copied

    Deletes offline redo log files that have already been backed up twice

    Copy and save

    Creates a second copy of offline redo log files that have already been backed up and then backs up the offline redo log files that have been created in the meantime

    Copy, delete and save

    Creates a second copy of offline redo log files that have already been backed up and then deletes them and backs up the offline redo log files that have been created in the meantime

    Initialize BRARCHIVE tape

    Initializes a tape volume

    Show BRARCHIVE header information

    Displays the information in the volume label

    Stop BRARCHIVE run with fill option

    Stops a BRARCHIVE backup run that was started with the option Continue until end of tape safely.

    Note

    If you choose a different function, the Backup Offline Redo Logs menu looks different when you return to it.

  4. Depending on the function you have chosen, set the required function-specific parameters, including the special options.
  5. To start the backup with the selected parameters, choose Start BRARCHIVE.
  6. You check the results of the backup in the BRARCHIVE logs.

For more information on how to view the logs with SAPDBA, see Show/Cleanup to Manage Logs and Profiles with SAPDBA.

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