If you want to use an external backup tool with a Backint for Oracle interface for a SAP DB database system, you first have to configure the connection between the SAP DB and the Backint for Oracle (see Configuring the Backint for Oracle Connection). Creating the parameter file for the SAP DB adapter program is one of the required steps for this configuration.
In the parameter file you determine where the SAP DB adapter program generates the required temporary files, and where the interface program Backint for Oracle is located.
You define the name of this parameter file in the configuration file of the Backint for SAP DB (keyword PARAMETERFILE) when you configure Backint for SAP DB.
On every line in the parameter file you determine a parameter of the SAP DB adapter program. When you do this, at the beginning of each line you have to specify the keyword for the parameter and then the relevant value(s). Lines that do not begin with keywords are ignored by the system.
<key_string> <value_string>
<key_string> |
Keyword for a parameter; can consist of one or more words |
<value_string> |
Value(s) of the parameter |
You can define the following parameters for the SAP DB adapter program:
Parameter |
Syntax |
Description |
Absolute path and size of a temporary file |
STAGING AREA: <absolute_path>/<file_name> <size> [KB|MB|GB] |
You can define up
to 256 temporary files. |
Maximum number of temporary files that are to be processed by Backint for Oracle concurrently. |
FILES PER BACKINT CALL: <number> |
Default value:
1 |
Absolute path and name of the Backint for Oracle program |
BACKINT: <absolute_path>/<file_name> |
|
Absolute path and name of the configuration file for the Backint for Oracle program |
PARAMETERFILE OF BACKINT: <absolute_path>/<file_name>h> |
Define this parameter only if you want to create a configuration file for the external backup tool. Otherwise, do not use this keyword. |
Absolute path and name of the backup history |
HISTORY FILE: <absolute_path>/<file_name> |
The backup history contains the information that is required for the restore function. |
Absolute path and name of the standard input file |
INPUTFILE FOR BACKINT: <absolute_path>/<file_name> |
These files must differ from the files that are configured for the Backint for SAP DB connection (see INPUT, OUTPUT, ERROROUTPUT in Creating the Configuration File for Backint for SAP DB). |
Absolute path and name of the standard output file |
OUTPUT FILE FOR BACKINT: <absolute_path>/<file_name> |
|
Absolute path and name of the standard error output file |
ERRORFILE FOR BACKINT: <absolute_path>/<file_name> |
|
Maximum waiting time in seconds between creating a temporary file and starting to save it by using Backint for Oracle |
MAXIMAL DELAY OF BACKINT CALL: <number> |
Default value:
10 If the temporary files are created at different speeds and one temporary file is already complete, the adapter program waits a maximum of the time specified here for another temporary file to be completely created. If no other file is created within the specified time, the existing temporary file is saved. Specify enough time to save the configured number of temporary files ( FILES PER BACKINT CALL:). However, you must also make sure that the end of the backup process is not delayed for too long. |
Specifies whether the SAP DB adapter program ignores the closing slash (/ or \) of an absolute directory name for Backint for Oracle. |
OMIT LAST DIRECTORY DELIMITER ON RESTORE:<YES | NO> |
NO: Default value |
Value of the environment variables BI_CALLER |
BI_CALLER_VALUE: <value> |
Set this parameter
only if required to do so by the vendor of the backup tool. In accordance with
the system default, the variable
BI_CALLER is removed from
the environment before Backint for Oracle is called. For most
Backint for Oracle implementations you do not need to set this value
since these implementations allow the environment variables
BI_CALLER to be missing.
This parameter is supported for the following SAP DB versions as of the
specified build numbers: |
See also:
Example of a Parameter File for the SAP DB Adapter Program