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

Procedure

  1. Choose Instance ® Configuration ® Backup Media
  2. Choose BackupMedia ® New ® Medium.
  3. Select General and make the following entries:
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    Name:

    Freely definable name to identify the medium

    If you want to perform a backup or a restore using one of the external backup tools ADSM/TSM, NetWorker, Backint for Oracle, or Backint for SAP DB, start the name of the Structure linkbackup medium with ADSM, NSR, BACK, or BACK (Backing Up with External Backup Tools).

    Location:

    Specify the location to which backups are to be made.

    With files and pipes, we recommend specifying the absolute path to the backup medium.

    Device Type:

    Select the type of the backup medium:
    File, tape, or pipe.

    If you back up the log to a file, the Database Manager GUI automatically generates version files. An automatic Structure linklog backup cannot be made to tape.

    If you are saving with external backup tools, enter Pipe as the Device Type.

    If you are backing up to tape, you need to address the device driver correctly under the UNIX operating system. Use rewind tapes for backups. On Microsoft Windows NT/Windows 2000 operating systems, the system sets the device driver automatically.

    Backup Type:

    Select the type of backup you want (full or incremental Structure linkdata backup, interactive log backup, or automatic log backup)

  4. Choose Extended and make the following entries:

Size:

The size of the backup medium (in KB)

Overwrite:

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

Autoloader:

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

OS command:

You can enter any operating system commands here that are appropriate for backing up to tape.