instance objects, 252 introduction, 252 limitations, 251 monitoring sessions, 310 parallelism, 271 prerequisites, 251 restore, 290–309restore flow, 257

restore, migration, 254, 294 restore, overview, 290 testing, 278 troubleshooting, 313–316util_cmd, 260

viewing sessions, 311 SAP DB restore, 290–309disaster recovery, 309

migration, 254, 294 overview, 290 restore flow, 257 restore options, 304 using another device, 308 using CLI, 297

using GUI, 295

using SAP DB utilities, 299 SAP DB troubleshooting, 313–316SAP DB utilities, 286

restore, 299

SAP R/3 backup, 197–203aborting backup sessions, 198 backup concepts, scheme, 151 backup flow, backint mode, 152 backup flow, RMAN mode, 155 backup methods, 197 backup modes, 197

backup options, 186

backup specifications,creating, 180 backup templates, configuring, 179 backup utilities, 149 incremental backups, 197 scheduling backups, 198 starting backups, 197–203

starting backups, using BRBACKUP, 202 starting backups, using CLI, 202 starting backups, using GUI, 200 starting backups, using sapdba, 202 using RMAN, 191

SAP R/3 configuration, 165–178backup templates, 179 checking configuration, 175

Index

Database Servers, 167 Inet user account, 169 users, 165

SAP R/3 integration advantages, 145 architecture, 152 backup, 197–203concepts, 149–157configuration, 165–178configuration files, 158–164data objects, 149 disaster recovery, 209

Inet user account, setting, 202 introduction, 145 limitations, 148

manual balancing, 193 monitoring sessions, 212 parameter files, creating, 190 parameter files, modifying, 190 prerequisites, 147

restore, 204–209testing, 195 troubleshooting, 214–238util_cmd, 161

viewing sessions, 213 SAP R/3 restore, 204–209

archive log files, example, 247 disaster recovery, 209 examples, 239–248

full database, example, 241 lost files, example, 245 partial, example, 245

preparing database for restore, 239 restore flow, backint mode, 157 restore flow, RMAN mode, 157 using another device, 209

using BRRESTORE, 208 using CLI, 207

using GUI, 205 using sapdba, 208

SAP R/3 troubleshooting, 214–238on UNIX, 225–238

on Windows, 215–225sapdba, 150, 202, 208 scheduling backups

Oracle integration, 58 SAP DB integration, 281 SAP R/3 integration, 198

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