New Features in SAP Release 6.20 (SAP Library - SAP Database Guide: Oracle (BC-DB-ORA-DBA))

New Features in SAP Release 6.20

There are the following new features in SAP Web Application Server (SAP Web AS) Release 6.20:

Support for Oracle 9i:

SAPDBA and the BR tools now support Oracle 9i.

RMAN backup without BACKINT:

RMAN Backup with an External Backup Library

SAP Note 420698

Update statistics for partitioned tables with BRCONNECT:

Update Statistics with BRCONNECT

SAP Note 424243

Update statistics for InfoCube tables with BRCONNECT:

Update Statistics for InfoCube Tables

SAP Note 428212

BRCONNECT support for Oracle monitoring in SAP Transaction RZ20:

Monitoring the Oracle Database, especially Database Health Alerts

SAP Note 483659

New command options and initialization profile parameters

Command Options for BRCONNECT:

-o|-output: new option process

-f stats: new options -f nocasc and -v index_store|cascade_store

-f next: new option -f nocasc

Initialization profile parameters:

check_exclude: new values non_sap and all_part

cleanup_check_msg

next_exclude: new value all_part

next_special: new value all_sel

stats_dbms_stats

stats_table: new value all_ind

SAP Notes 419679, 424239, 445884, and 483639.

SAPDBA support for online reorganization of single tables

SAPDBA now supports online reorganization based on the Oracle internal PL/SQL functions. For more information, see Reorganizing a Single Table or Index.

SAPDBA support for LOB columns

SAPDBA now supports the reorganization of tables with all types of large object (LOB) columns. Large objects are recreated with the same physical characteristics as before the reorganization.