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Procedure documentation Displaying a List of All Defined Backup Media Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

You display a list of all the defined backup media.

Prerequisites

You have the server authorization Backup or DBInfoRead.

Syntax

medium_getall

Reply

OK<NL>
<name> <location> <type> <backup_type> <size> <block_size> <overwrite> <autoldr> <oscmd> <date_created> <date_modified> <tool_type><NL>

<name> <location> <type> <backup_type> <size> <block_size> <overwrite> <autoldr> <oscmd> <date_created> <date_modified> <tool_type><NL>

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Values for the Reply Fields

<name>

Name that identifies the backup medium.
The media name can consist of a group name and a member name.
These are separated by a slash.

<name> ::= [<group_name>/]<member_name>

This type of group is used with parallel data backups or parallel restore operations.

<location>

Name of the device/file.
Used for operating system functions.

<type>

Type of the backup medium; possible values are:
TAPE
FILE
NO-REWIND
PIPE
AUTOLOADER
UNKNOWN

<backup_type>

Type of backup for which the backup medium is used:
DATA (complete data backup)
PAGES (incremental data backup)
LOG (log backup)
AUTO (automatic log backup)

<size>

Maximum number of pages that can be written to the medium.

<block_size>

Number of pages transferred when the medium is accessed.

<overwrite>

Indicates whether the backup medium can be overwritten (for media type FILE only); possible values are:
NO
YES

<autoldr>

Specifies whether the device changes the backup medium automatically; possible values are:
YES
NO

<oscmd>

Operating system command to be executed before backing up to a succeeding medium or restoring from a succeeding medium

<date_created>

Date and time at which the backup medium was created

<date_modified>

Date and time at which the backup medium was last changed

<tool_type>

Type of the external backup tool. Possible values are:

NONE (No automatic backup tool is used)
BACK
(Backint for Oracle)
NSR
(NetWorker)
TSM
(TSM from IBM/Tivoli)

In the event of errors, see Reply Format.

 

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