Hello Jennifer,
>I do not understand what is the pipe?
The pipe is used to transfer the backup data from the database kernel to Backint for
SAP DB.
>How to define it?
You already posted in your email how to define it for the database("... dbmcli -d
<database_name> -u <user_id>,<password> medium_put BACK123 \\.\pipe\Example pipe pages
... * Windows: ... * UNIX:). Depending on your operating system the pipe will be
created by the DBMServer or the database kernel at the beginning of the backup.
>How to define datafiles I want to backup with pipes?
SAP DB knows complete data backups, incremental data backups and log backups. There is
no way to specify backups of physical parts of a SAP DB like tables, datadevspaces, ...
> Could I execute backint directly or have to via dbmcli or dbmgui?
As Backint for Oracle/SAP DB are command line programs you can execute them directly.
But if you do, you must either you use DBMCLI or DBMGUI to persuade the database
kernel to backup data into files/pipes or you must bring your database to the state
OFFLINE (using DBMCLI or DBMGUI too). The recommended way is to use DBMCLI/DBMGUI with
a backup medium with a name starting with "BACK". Then you just have to use
DBMCLI/DBMGUI and those call Backint for Oracle/SAP DB themselves.
Best Regards,
Tilo Heinrich
SAP Labs Berlin
-----Original Message-----
From: Jennifer Han [mailto:jhan@;commvault.com]
Sent: Freitag, 25. Oktober 2002 23:59
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: some questions aboput backint
Hello Friends,
I am quite new to the sapdb. I tried to use external backup tools backint
for sapdb and oracle.
I downloaded free sapdb-server-sun-32bit-sparc-7_3_0_25. There is a backint
with it.
I checked the online doc for the configuration prosedures of Backint for
Sap DB connections as follows:
Create an appropriate backup medium
<../../55/a81d30451f11d5992400508b6b8b11/content.htm> with the Database
Manager.
Set the environment variable BSI_ENV (Setting the Environment
Variable BSI_ENV <../../55/a81d33451f11d5992400508b6b8b11/content.htm>).
Create a configuration file
<../../55/a81d36451f11d5992400508b6b8b11/content.htm> (see also: Example
Configuration File <../../55/a81d39451f11d5992400508b6b8b11/content.htm>).
If you want to perform parallel backups, note the information in the
parallel backups <../../f6/c0f23ab8b38b7ce10000000a11402f/content.htm>
section.
Test the following procedures:
Back Up with External Backup Tools
<../../91/24b980483411d5992500508b6b8b11/content.htm>
Restore with External Backup Tools
<../../9e/9b775449d811d5992500508b6b8b11/content.htm>
About the first step, create the backup medium, it said,
Definition of a pipe as a medium for an
incremental data backup with a DBMCLI command (Windows):
dbmcli -d <database_name> -u <user_id>,<password>
medium_put BACK123 \\.\pipe\Example pipe pages
The backup medium must be a pipe and must not have any capacity limits.
The name of the pipe must be specified as an absolute path. The pipes used
must not exist.
* Windows: Pipe names must be in the following form:
\\.\pipe\<pipe_name>
* UNIX: There are no particular naming conventions to follow for pipe
names
I do not understand what is the pipe?
How to define it?
How to define datafiles I want to backup with pipes?
Could I execute backint directly or have to via dbmcli or dbmgui?
Thanks for your answers in advance!
-Jennifer Han
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