XML-Based Archiving
XML archiving is primarily used for archiving sets implemented by JAVA applications.
Technical System Landscape
For an overview of the technical concepts of XML-based archiving see Technical System Landscape.
Prerequisites
Before you can begin with XML-based data archiving you must perform several configuration and customizing steps. For a summary of these steps see Prerequisites.
Tasks
Once you have completed the configuration steps you can begin archiving your data. A typical XML-based archiving project consists of an analysis phase and the actual archiving phase.
Analysis
In this phase you identify the largest or fastest growing database tables and decide which archiving objects you should use to obtain the most benefits from data archiving.
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There
are currently four archiving sets available for this scenario: for XI data:
XI_SEC and XI_AF_MSG, for adaptive computing CA_ACC_LOG, and for guided
procedures CAF_EU_GP_MODEL_ARCH. If you notice strong data growth in these areas,
you can use these archiving sets to reduce the size of the corresponding
tables. For more information on the XI archiving sets see
Security Archiving
and
Archiving
Messages. For general information see
Data Archiving in
XI. For more information on the Adaptive Computing archiving set see Archiving
Controller Logs. For more information on archiving for guided procedures
see Process
Archive Management.
Archiving Your Data and Monitoring
In this phase you set the parameters for your archiving sessions and then execute the sessions:
● Customizing Settings
● Scheduling, running and monitoring archiving sessions
These are described in more detail as part of this Technical Operations Manual under Archiving Your Data (XML-based Archiving).
Additional Information
The following sources of information can help you answer open questions on XML-based data archiving:
●
XML Data
Archiving Configuration Steps for Java Applications
Step by step guide for configuring the environments for XML-based data archiving.
● SAP Library or SAP Help Portal (http://help.sap.com)
The SAP Library can be reached from the SAP system via Help → SAP Library or via a Web browser under the address given above.
(Provides a comprehensive overview of XML-based archiving)
○
Administration
Functions for Information Lifecycle Management
(describes the tasks necessary for the administration of the XML Data Archiving Service and the available functions, as well as the Java Archiving Cockpit, the UI used to start and monitor write and delete sessions in XML-based archiving for Java applications; this documentation is part of the Java EE documentation and only available in English)
Additional application-specific documentation on XML-based archiving may be available in the SAP Library. For Data Archiving in XI see:
Data Archiving in
XI (Technical Operations Manual)
For data archiving in Adaptive Computing see:
For
archiving guided procedures see:
Process
Archive Management
See also:
SAP Note 826000: Sources of Information for SAP XML-Based Data Archiving
SAP Note 71930: Sources of Information for SAP Data Archiving