Procedure documentation Backup Medium (TSM) Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

If you want to perform a backup or a recovery with the external backup tool TSM, you must define the appropriate Structure linkbackup media with the Structure linkDatabase Manager.

Procedure

To create the backup medium, follow the procedure described in the Database Manager documentation.

·        Database Manager GUI: SAP DB 7.4, Structure linkManaging the Backup Media section.

·        Database Manager CLI: SAP DB 7.4, Structure linkCommands for Backup Media section.

The media name must begin with the character string ADSM.

Example

Definition of a pipe as a medium for an incremental data backup with a DBMCLI command (Microsoft Windows):

dbmcli -d <database_name> -u <userid>,<password> medium_put ADSM123 \\.\pipe\EXAMPLE pipe pages

The backup medium must be a pipe and must not have any capacity limits.

The pipes used must not exist. Specify the absolute name of a pipe.

·        Microsoft Windows: Pipe names must be in the following form: \\.\pipe\<pipe_name>

·        UNIX: There are no particular naming conventions to follow for pipe names.

You can perform parallel backups using multiple pipes.

See also:

Configuring the TSM Connection