Procedure documentation Changing Backup Media Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Procedure

  1. Choose Instance ® Configuration ® Backup Media
    The system displays a list of the     Structure linkbackup media already created.
  2. Select the desired backup medium.
  3. Follow the appropriate description below:

Change Media Name

Choose BackupMedia ® Rename and make your changes.

Choose Enter to save your changes.

Change the Properties of a Medium

Select BackupMedia ® Edit and make the desired changes.

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, NetWorker, Backint for Oracle, or Backint for SAP DB, begin the name of the 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 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.

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.

Backup Type:

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

Select Save to save your entries.

Change the Properties of a Group of Parallel Backup Media

Open the desired group of parallel backup media by double clicking it.

Choose the backup medium to be changed and proceed as described above.