Setting Special Options for SAPDBA Database Backup
Use
This section tells you how to set special options when you are
backing up the Oracle database with SAPDBA.Procedure
Set the required special options for the chosen function (the parameters are listed in alphabetical order):
Specifies whether the offline redo log files are backed up after the database. Set this option as follows:
The database is backed up using BRBACKUP as usual.
After the database has been backed up using BRBACKUP, BRBACKUP calls BRARCHIVE to back up the offline redo log files to the same backup tape.
When you choose yes for this option, Configure archive backup (see below) appears in the menu.
See also
Checks the volume label before the function Initialize BRBACKUP tape.
Specifies whether
No compression
Software compression.
Hardware compression. First make sure your tape devices support this.
Specifies parameters for backup of the offline redo log files when you have chosen Append archive backup (see above). For more information, see
Specifies whether BRBACKUP confirmation messages are suppressed. Set this option as follows:
Some messages are suppressed. For more information, see
All messages are displayed.
Specifies whether you can enter the password interactively for the backup. Set this option as follows:
You cannot enter the password interactively.
You must enter the password interactively. The password is not visible when you enter it and does not appear in the process list.
Specifies the language for BRBACKUP messages. Set this option as follows:
Specifies the maximum number of parallel copy processes
The default is 0 and means that the number of parallel processes matches the number of backup devices.
Specifies the number of data files in each save set for backups with the Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN). For more information, see
Shows details of which versions of the BR tools are installed
Specifies whether the tapes are verified after backup. Set this option as follows:
No verification
Verifies the backup either byte by byte (for binary) or using the overall size of the backup (for by size).
Verifies the backup using DBVERIFY. For more information, see