Scheduling Data Archiving Processes Using ADK Archive Administration 

Prerequisites

You have created a data archiving process with ADK-based archiving.

Procedure

Archiving Data

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       1.      Call archive administration (transaction SARA).

       2.      Create an archiving variant. See also Maintenance of Variants.

       3.      Schedule the archive run; this allows you to test the run in test mode first, before starting the actual archive run in productive mode.

You can find a detailed description of the procedure under Scheduling Preprocessing Programs and Creating Archive Files.

The InfoProvider to be archived is not locked for data loading during the entire process. The lock is only necessary for a short period before the data is copied. After this, only the previously archived data areas and the area that is being archived are locked.

Deleting Archived Data

When the archiving run has successfully ended, you can delete data from the database using the archiving run selection criteria.

You are in the initial screen of Archive Administration. Choose Delete.

The InfoProvider is locked for other actions until the archived data has been deleted from the InfoProvider.

For a more detailed description of the procedure, see Deleting Archived Data from the Database.

For more information about archive administration, see Archive Administration.