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Procedure documentation Creating a Single Backup Medium Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

You create a backup medium.

Prerequisites

You have made the connection between the database instance and the DBM Server.

Procedure

Choose one of the following procedures:

·        Select the required database instance in the list of database instances
Choose
Instance ® Backup ® Backup Medium.
Choose Actions ® New Medium.

·        Backup Wizard
Choose New Medium in the Media for Backup window.

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General

Choose General and enter the following information:

Name

Name of backup medium

Backup Type

Choose your preferred backup type:
Complete Data: full data backup
Incremental Data: incremental data backup
Log Backup:
log backup

Device Type

Select the type of backup medium:

File: If you back up the log area to a file, the Database Manager generates version files automatically.

Tape: You cannot make log backups to tape.

Pipe: Pipe
Always choose Pipe if you are using an external backup tool.

Tool Type

If you are using an external backup tool, choose the abbreviation for the external backup tool here.

BACK: Backint for Oracle/Backint for MaxDB

NSR: NetWorker

TSM: TSM

Device/File

The name of the device/file with which it can be addressed through operating system functions.

The system assign versions to log backups of the type FILE (see also: Version File of the Log Backups).

The following convention applies to backup media of the type PIPE on Microsoft Windows: \\.\pipe\<pipe_name>. The path specification for backup media of the type TAPE must comply with the following convention: \\.\tape<running_number>. If you specify a relative path for a backup medium of the type FILE, the backup medium is stored in the run directory of the database instance.

On UNIX, you can choose any path for backup media of the types FILE and PIPE. If you specify relative paths, the backup media are stored in the run directory of the database instance. You have to specify absolute paths for backup media of the type TAPE.

The NSR backup tool requires an absolute path name. This must be identical for the backup and restore operation. Also note that NetWorker replaces parts of the path name that represent only links with the actual directory or file names.

You cannot use the medium if you do not define this value.

Extended

Choose Extended and enter the following information:

Size

Size of the backup medium

Overwrite

Select Overwrite if you want to use the overwrite mode for the backup medium.

Blocksize

Select Blocksize if you want to make backups in blocks of up to eight pages

Autoloader

Select Autoloader to use a tape device with autoload facilities (Backing Up with Automatic Tape Loaders).

OS Command

When you back up to tape, you can specify operating system commands.

 

 

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