| > 1) can multiple offline and online SAP backups be placed on
> a single tape ? Brbackup does not permit this.
no
> 2) Can the redo logs be placed at the end of the offline
> or online backup tape ? Not permitted by brrachive.
no
> 3) Does the SAP tools Brbackup/Brrestore/Brarchive behave any
> differently ?
no
The title says it all... this is an interface program between SAP/R3 and
NetWorker. It is given a list of files to process by SAP/R3, and issues
a NetWorker "save" command, and processes the return appropriately. It also
interfaces recover and archive.
SAP/R3 drives all this via brXXX functions, while NetWorker stores the
data on media (it's a media manager, in this case). So whatever SAP does
already, the SAP/R3 interface will do too, except make storing your data
on media more manageable than using cpio (SAP's default technique, I
understand)
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| re: .1
I'm guessing that there is some kind of control over the placement
of backed up files into tape pools... is that correct? If so,
to what level of granularity? ie can I specify a tape pool
for archive logs, another for online backups, another for offline
backups? on a per instance basis? "tape pools" is not a concept
known to R/3 but it is important to anybody trying to manage
tapes with Networker... I'm hoping that this didn't fall between
the cracks.
Is there some place we could get the docs online for this?
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| in your SAP Interface document there is a description of the various parameters
which can be placed in that parameter file (read before the interface module
starts a backup to NetWorker). One paramter is "pool = XXX", where XXX
is any defined NetWorker pool.
Since you are Digital (otherwise you would not be in this conference), I
can refer you to the doc's at
ftp://ftp.zso.dec.com/pub/networker/documentation/SAP/V1.1/sap_admin.ps
(which customers get a hardcopy of when they buy this product).
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