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BR*ToolsforOracleDBA
Use
SAPprovidesthetoolsBRBACKUP,BRARCHIVE,BRRESTORE,BRRECOVER,BRSPACE,
BRCONNECT,andBRTOOLStomanageandprotectthedatainyourOracledatabase.
ThissectiondescribeshowtoperformOracleDBAwithBR*Tools.Formoreinformationonhowtowork
outanapproachtoOracleDBA,seeApproachtoOracleDBA.
Formoreinformationonothertools,includingtheOracletoolSQL*Plus,seeOtherToolsforOracle
DBA.

AlthoughSAPDBA6.20forOracleisstillavailableforOracle9i,itisnolongerbeing
developed.Therefore,westronglyrecommendyoutousetheBR*Toolsinstead.

Integration
TheBR*Toolsare:
IntegratedwithBRTOOLS,whichisthecharacterbasedinterfacethatcallsBRBACKUP,
BRARCHIVE,BRRESTORE,BRRECOVER,BRSPACE,andBRCONNECT
AvailablefortheoperatingsystemsUNIXandMicrosoftWindows

Distinguishbetweenthefollowing:
BR*ToolsistheprogrampackagecontainingBRBACKUP,BRARCHIVE,
BRRESTORE,BRRECOVER,BRSPACE,BRCONNECT,andBRTOOLS.
BRTOOLSistheprogramthatdisplaysthemenusfromwhichtheotherBRprograms
arecalled.
Asanexample,thefollowinggraphicshowstheintegrationofthebackup,restore,andrecoverytools:

Prerequisites
TheBR*Toolsareinstalledautomaticallyonthedatabaseserverinthedirectory
/usr/sap/<SAPSID>/SYS/exe/run.
WeclassifyBR*Toolsasfunctional,help,batch,andinteractivetools:
ToolTypesforBR*Tools
Type

Tool

Description

Functional

BRBACKUP,BRARCHIVE,

Performactionsdirectlyon

BRRESTORE,BRRECOVER,
BRSPACE,andBRCONNECT

databasefilesorobjects

Help

BRTOOLSandBRCONNECT

BRTOOLSisthemenu
programthatcancallall
otherfunctionaltools
interactively
BRTOOLSand
BRCONNECTarealso
calledinternally:
BRTOOLSiscalledby
BRBACKUP,
BRARCHIVE,and
BRRESTOREforbackup,
restore,andverification.

BRCONNECTiscalledby
BRBACKUPtomonitor
thedatabaseduringa
backup
Batch

BRBACKUP,BRARCHIVE,

Onlyrunontheirowninbatch,

BRRESTORE,BRCONNECT

withoutmenus.
Youcancalltheminteractivelywith
BRTOOLS.

Interactive

BRSPACE,BRRECOVER,

Runinteractivelywiththeirown

BRTOOLS

menus.
BRSPACEandBRRECOVERcan
alsoruninbatchmode.

ThereisamenuinBRCONNECTtochangethedatabasepasswordinGUImode.

Features
ToolsetforBR*Tools
Tool

Purpose

BRBACKUP

Backsupdatafiles,controlfiles,andonlineredolog
filesofthedatabase

BRARCHIVE

Backsupofflineredologfiles

BRRESTORE

Restoresdatafiles,controlfiles,andredologfiles

BRRECOVER

Recoversdatabasefilesandrestoresprofilesandlog
files

BRSPACE

Managesthedatabaseinstance,space,andsegments
(thatis,tablesandindexes)

BRCONNECT

Performsdatabaseadministrationtaskssuch
asstatisticsupdate,checkdatabasesystem,
adaptnextextents,cleanuplogsandDBA
tables
Functionsasahelptooltomonitorthe
databaseduringabackup

BRTOOLS

DisplaysthemenusfromwhichtheotherBR
programsarecalled
Functionsasaninternalhelptoolstartedby
BRBACKUP,BRARCHIVE,and
BRRESTORE

BRGUI

FunctionsasaJavabasedGUI,workingasthefront
enddisplayprogramforBR*Tools

ThefollowingfeaturesapplytoalltheBR*Tools:
Menudriveninterface,includingGUI,inEnglishorGerman
Contextsensitivesupportinginformation
Detailandsummarylogs
AvailablewithoperatingsystemsUNIXandMicrosoftWindows
Commandlineoptionsforexperts

Activities
Formoreinformation,seeGettingStartedwithBR*Tools.

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