Database Reference
In-Depth Information
9. A confirmation message is displayed indicating the restore and recovery completed
successfully.
10. Restart the SAP system manually.
Summary
• When a business system is down, it can cost an organization millions of dollars.
• Developing and implementing an effective backup strategy is very important.
• The BRBACKUP tool helps to back up the database.
• A 28-day tape backup cycle is recommended.
• BRBACKUP can back up the data to disk or tape.
• BRBACKUP reads the BRTOOLS initialization file; therefore, the file needs to be
customized as per the needs of your organization.
• The name of the configuration file is init<SID>.sap.
• BRRESTORE helps to restore the database.
• BRRECOVER helps to restore and recover the database.
Additional Resources
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Backup strategy for Oracle databases
www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/ prtroot/
docs/library/uuid/6be4053a-0d01-0010-bfa7-bf9c2979a83c
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Oracle backup and recovery page on SDN
www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/ora?rid=/
webcontent/uuid/1cc71b42-0d01-0010-7f91-f352b58078cf
