Displaying the Backup History (SAP Library - Database Manager GUI: SAP DB 7.3)

Displaying the Backup History

Use

You can display all backup and restore operations that have taken place in chronological order (Backup History).

Procedure

Choose Instance ® Information ® Backup History

You will see the following items of information on each action:

Label	Backup ID
Action	The action (backup or recover) and the mode in which it took place.
Beginning	Time when the action began
End	Time when the action ended
Result	Result
Media Name	Name of the backup medium
Log Required	Log backups required
Size (KB)	Size (KB)
Size (Pages)	Size (pages)
Volumes	Volumes
Next Log Page	Log page
From Page	First page
To Page	Last page
Last savepoint	Last savepoint
First commit	First commit (first completed transaction)
Last commit	Last commit (last completed transaction)
SysKey	System key

Choose Instance ® Information ® Backup History. You can use the following functions:

Choose Show details to see the media information. If you are using external backup tools, the system displays the external backup IDs and the availability of the backup media.

Choose Columns to create your own personal display variant of the backup history.

Choose Refresh to update the display of the backup history.

Choose Refresh with external BackupInfo to update the information about the backups that have been performed with external backup tools