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Note

Saving IFS objects can result in lock conflicts on several objects when the SAP system is active during the save. However, many of these objects are not critical for a recovery because they contain mostly temporary information such as log files or statistical records that you usually do not need when recovering an SAP system. SAP Note 825473 Information published on SAP site contains a list of IFS directories and files that may be locked but are not needed for SAP system recovery. If you want to ensure that all IFS objects are saved, you have to perform an offline backup.

Prerequisites

  • You are logged on as user QSECOFR, <SID>ADM or as a user with similar authorization.

  • You have enough tapes available and initialized to hold the complete backup of the SAP libraries.

Procedure

  1. Type the command SAV and prompt it using function key F4.

  2. For the Device parameter, enter '/QSYS.LIB/<backup device>.DEVD'.

    Example

    '/QSYS.LIB/TAP01.DEVD'

  3. For the Objects parameter, enter '+' and press Enter to get more parameter values.

  4. Enter the following directory names:

    '/usr/sap/<SID>/*'

    '/sapmnt/<SID>/*'

    '/usr/sap/trans/*'

    '/sapmnt/trans/*'

    If your SAP system is located in an independent ASP, also include:

    '/<asp device>/usr/sap/<SID>/*'

    '/<asp device>/sapmnt/<SID>/*'

    '/<asp device>/sapmnt/trans/*'

  5. To accept the directory names, press Enter.

  6. For the Directory subtree parameter, accept the default value *ALL.

  7. After entering all parameters, press Enter.

  8. Verify that the backup is complete. To look for error messages, enter the command DSPJOBLOG.

  9. If you are performing an online backup and you see the message identifier CPFA09E Object in use, check if the affected objects are critical to your business. If they are temporary objects such as developer trace files, you can ignore the errors. For more information about temporary objects, see SAP Note 825473 Information published on SAP site.

For more information about the parameters that can be specified on the command SAV, see the IBM backup and recovery documentation.