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ADM100 Lesson: Backing Up the Database Contents
141 Exercise 9: Back Up the Database
Contents
Exercise Duration: 10 minutes
Exercise Objectives
After completing this exercise, you will be able to:
• Perform a number of basic activities in the database backup and
database maintenance environment.
Business Example
To protect the SAP system against data loss if an error occurs, the
administrator regularly performs backups.
Task Back Up the Contents of the Database
Transaction DB13 is available with appropriate functions for every
database supported by SAP. For the SAP DB database, SAP Note 431508
was taken into account in the preparation of this training course.
Caution: The runtime estimates in the exercises apply only for the
training systems used here. In production systems, the runtimes
may be much higher.
Performabackupofthedatafilesandalogbackup.
1. Display an overview of the utilized backup media. If you have
performed a successful backup, what must you then consider before
you can start the next backup (Hint: “Overwritable”).
2. Schedule a Complete data backup with checkpoint in transaction DB13.
Use the device FORDATA as the backup device. If the backup started
successfully, the label in transaction for the backup run DB13 is yellow
(process is running). The backup takes around 50 minutes.
3. Schedule a Log Backup in transaction DB13. Use the device FORLOG
as the backup device. The backup terminates immediately. Attempt
todeterminethecauseofthiserrorusingthelogs.
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