Following tools are availabe for managing oracle database:
- BRBACKUP
- BRARCHIVE
- BRRESTORE
- BBRECOVER
BRBACKUP and BRARCHIVE is a command line program. So, it can be easily schedule on your unix command line. The backup are based on the following programs:
- cpio, dd in a UNIX enviroment
- MKS-cpio, MKS-dd in Microsoft enviroment
- External backup program that can be accessed using BACKINT interface program (Networker, TSM etc.)
- Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) on both UNIX & Microsoft platform
All action are logged in the filesystem (sapbackup & saparch folder) and some related tables. Backup logs and profiles are always included in backups performed by BRBACKUP & BRARCHIVE.
BRBACKUP and BRARCHIVE allow extensive volume management. To use the functions provided, the volumes need to be initialized with BRBACKUP and BRARCHIVE to ensure that they include an SAP-specific label. Volumes that have not been released for use cannot be overwritten, if the retention period has not expired.
FYI, brtools is not only can be use in SAP. You can also this tools to manage any other oracle/DB that are not connected to SAP.
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