SAP System Save Strategies

To make sure that you can return your database to a consistent state after damage has occurred, you need to decide on a save strategy. You have to decide whether you want to restore your most recent backup or whether you also want to recover the changes that were made after you performed the backup.

You need to choose one of the following save strategies:

• Save Strategy 1: Restoring and Recovering

  You save both the database libraries and the journal receivers. In the event of data loss, you can recover data up to a point in time right before the data loss. You must use this strategy when you perform an online backup with partial transactions.

  Recommendation

  We recommend this strategy for production systems.

  For more information about setting up journal management, see Journal Setup for Save Strategy 1.

• Save Strategy 2: Restoring Only

  You save the database library only. In the event of data loss, you can only recover data up to the point in time of the last backup. You must not use this strategy when you perform an online backup with partial transactions.

  Recommendation

  We recommend this strategy for test or training systems.

  For more information about setting up journal management, see Journal Setup for Save Strategy 2.