Archiving IDocs
Use
IDocs are stored in several database tables. In order to keep these tables (and therefore the access times) as small as possible (that is to say, to reduce the load on the database) without losing any IDocs, you can also store the tables in archives at the operating system level. These archives can then be moved to external storage media, such as disks (using ArchiveLink) or magnetic tape.
Prerequisites
In Customizing, you
specify where the archive files are located physically (that is, which storage
media are used). For more information, see
Cross-Application Components (CA)
® Archiving Application Data
® Introduction to Data Archiving
® Customizing.
Activities
Displaying or changing
the archivable status
When can I archive IDocs?
How are IDocs written to and read from archive files?
Make sure that you do not archive IDocs that may still be needed by the application.
When do I delete IDoc links (for example, with application documents?
Archiving: Technical
Background
How does archiving work from a technical perspective?
See also:
General archiving information