SAP Basis

ADM100 Lesson: Backing Up the Database Contents
Lesson:
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Backing Up the Database Contents
Lesson Duration: 30 minutes
Lesson Overview
This lesson will deal with basic concepts for backing up the database.
These include regular backups of data and log information. These backups
are performed with the database planning calendar (transaction DB13).
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
• Back up the contents of the database
• Check whether your database backups have been successfully
performed
In particular, you should emphasize in this lesson that a successful
database backup always includes a backup of the log information. If an
error occurs, it is only with the log information that the database can be
restored without data loss.
Business Example
To protect the SAP system against data loss if an error occurs, the
administrator regularly performs backups.
Backup Concept
A backup concept for the database always includes the regular backup of
the data files, the structure data, and also the log information.
The backup of the data files and the log information is performed in
different steps. All data files and the structure data are backed up in one
step. In another step, the ongoing log information (this may include the
structure data) is backed up separately.
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