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You can use BR*Tools for Oracle to copy the database. BRBACKUP performs the database copy.

Prerequisites

Make sure that you have set the necessary BRBACKUP parameters in the initialization profile init<DBSID>.sap, because BRTOOLS uses these when it calls BRBACKUP.

Procedure

  1. Start BRGUI or BRTOOLS.

  2. Choose   Backup and database copy   Database copy  .

  3. Set the required options:

    Menu Entry

    Equivalent BRBACKUP Command Option

    BRBACKUP profile (profile)

    -p|-profile

    Backup device type (device)

    -d|-device

    Database user/password (user)

    -u|-user

    Backup type (type)

    -t|-type

    Files for backup (mode)

    m|-mode

    Confirmation mode (confirm)

    -c|-confirm

    Query mode (query)

    -q|-query

    Verification mode (verify)

    -w|-verify

    Fill-up previous backups (fillup)

    -f|-fillup

    Parallel execution (execute)

    -e|-execute

    Additional output (output)

    -o|-output

    Message language (language)

    -l|-language

    BRBACKUP command line (command)

    This shows you the BRBACKUP -d disk_copy or stage_copy command that is to be executed using the current settings.

  4. To start the copy with the selected options, choose Continue.

  5. Check the results in the BRBACKUP logs.

    • The summary log back<DBSID>.log displays the return code.

    • The detail log b<encoded timestamp>.<ext> displays the progress.

    For more information on how to view the logs, see Showing Logs with BR*Tools.